Sporadic myalgic encephalomyelitis in a rural practice.
Twenty patients presenting with chronic ill-defined illnesses in a rural practice were investigated virologically. The only positive finding was the detection of elevated Coxsackie B titres in 16 of these patients. Three had experienced mainly cardiovascular symptoms; the remaining 13 are thought to have suffered from myalgic encephalomyelitis. This is a distressing and often prolonged illness, the cause of which is as yet unknown but is suspected of having a viral aetiology.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011000:Pleurodynia, Epidemic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012606:Scotland
D000914:Antibodies, Viral