Highlights that enterovirus species other than coxsackievirus strain B3 can cause cardiomyopathy in otherwise healthy pediatric patients.
We characterized a recombinant mosaic coxsackievirus A9 strain responsible for severe inflammatory cardiomyopathy in a previously healthy child in northeastern France in 2024 by using whole-genome sequencing. This case highlights that enterovirus species other than coxsackievirus strain B3 can cause cardiomyopathy in otherwise healthy pediatric patients.
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