title: Viral load in blood is correlated with disease severity of neonatal coxsackievirus B3 infection: early diagnosis and predicting disease severity is possible in severe neonatal enterovirus infection.
abstract: We conducted a study during an outbreak of coxsackievirus B3 infection in 2005 and found that viral RNA could be detected in patients' blood specimens soon after the onset of fever, and the level of viral RNA was positively correlated with disease severity. Timely diagnosis is possible in severe neonatal enterovirus infection.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
authors: Meng-Hsiu
authors: MH
authors: Yen
authors: Kuo-Chien
authors: KC
authors: Tsao
authors: Yhu-Chering
authors: YC
authors: Huang
authors: Chung-Guei
authors: CG
authors: Huang
authors: Ya-Ling
authors: YL
authors: Huang
authors: Reyin
authors: R
authors: Lin
authors: Mei-Ling
authors: ML
authors: Chang
authors: Chi-Chia
authors: CC
authors: Huang
authors: Dah-Chin
authors: DC
authors: Yan
authors: Tzou-Yien
authors: TY
authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral