Fatal coxsackievirus A-16 pneumonitis in adult.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Legay F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2878248 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature