Survival following myocarditis and myocardial calcification associated with infection by Coxsackie virus B-4.
A Coxsackie virus B-4 was isolated from a neonate with clinical sepsis and clinical evidence of myocardial dysfunction. Radiographs demonstrated the presence and subsequent resolution of myocardial calcification. Electrocardiograms showed a left bundle branch block, presumably caused by calcification in the corresponding segment of the bundle of His. This case demonstrates an unusual complication of neonatal Coxsackie virus B infection.
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology*; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology*