Isolation of a Coxsackie virus group B, type 5, from the heart of a fatal case of myocarditis in an adult.
The cause of a fatal case of myocarditis in an adolescent male was established at necropsy by the isolation of Coxsackie virus group B, type 5, from myocardium and bowel. An antibody assay on a single serum is reported. This is believed to be a first report and its significance is assessed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006321:Heart / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology
D000906:Antibodies