Why the study?
Is the presence of IgM antibody to group B coxsackieviruses associated with clinical diagnoses of pericarditis, myocarditis, or pleurodynia?
Population
259 patients with a clinical diagnosis of pericarditis, myocarditis, or pleurodynia on whom there were no…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Supports potential coxsackie B etiology in these syndromes; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Is the presence of IgM antibody to group B coxsackieviruses associated with clinical diagnoses of pericarditis, myocarditis, or pleurodynia?
Demonstration of IgM antibodies to group B coxsackieviruses supports their etiological role in cases of pericarditis, myocarditis, and pleurodynia.
Schmidt et al. (1973) studied this question.
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