Fatal coxsackievirus A-16 pneumonitis in adult.
Coxsackievirus A-16 (CVA-16) is the agent of hand, foot, and mouth disease in children. We report a case of fatal pneumonitis in an adult due to a CVA-16 strain with a low (78.6%) rate of sequence homology with the reference strain. A modified, more virulent, strain of CVA-16 could be emerging.
Legay
François
F
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pontchaillou, Rennes, France.
Lévêque
Nicolas
N
Gacouin
Arnaud
A
Tattevin
Pierre
P
Bouet
Julien
J
Thomas
Rémi
R
Chomelt
Jean-Jacques
JJ
D000368:Aged; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D029821:Enterovirus A, Human / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005602:France; D006232:Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction