Epidemic Pleurodynia Caused by Coxsackievirus B3 at a Medical Center in Northern Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 515-518

  Huang, Wan Ting ^a,b   Lee, Ping Ing ^a,b   Chang, Luan Ying ^a,b   Kao, Chuan Liang ^a,b   Huang, Li Min ^a,b   Lu, Chun Yi ^a,b   Chen, Jong Ming ^a,b   Lee, Chin Yun ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coxsackievirus B3; Epidemic pleurodynia; Exudative tonsillitis; Pleuritis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BORNHOLM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOUTH ULCER; MYOSITIS; PERICARDITIS; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PLEURA EFFUSION; RASH; TAIWAN; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL; THROAT CULTURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHARYNX; PLEURISY; PLEURODYNIA, EPIDEMIC; TAIWAN; TONSILLITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 78650720050     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1684-1182(10)60079-5     Document Type: Article

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