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Fatal coxsackievirus A16 infection

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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages 275-276

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000115950.63906.78

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enterovirus; coxsackievirus A16; fatality

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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.

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