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Fatal coxsackievirus A16 infection
Chung-Yi Wang1, Frank Li Lu, Mei-Hwan Wu
1Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
|March 12, 2004
Abstract:
A 15-month-old boy presenting with hand, foot and mouth disease died of myocarditis and intractable shock caused by coxsackievirus A16 infection. It is apparent that coxsackievirus A16 infection is not always a benign infection.