This historical case series provides early clinical observations linking Coxsackie virus infection during an epidemic of pleurodynia to the development of acute benign pericarditis.
Should not change pericarditis evaluation; leaves open Coxsackie etiology pending controlled studies.
RECENT reports have indicated that the Coxsackie viruses may well be etiologic agents in certain cases of acute benign pericarditis. During the months of June to November, 1958, there was an outbreak of epidemic pleurodynia at one of the commands of the United States Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida. During this period 8 cases of acute benign pericarditis were observed, of which 6 were from this particular command, and 2 were in patients from other military establishments not connected with the naval air station who at the time of their illnesses were residing in Jacksonville. The first patient was admitted . . .
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