Anika Singanayagam, Catherine Moore, Susannah Froude, Cristina Celma, Julia Stowe, Erjola Hani, Khuen Foong Ng, Peter Muir, Marion Roderick, Simon Cottrell, David F Bibby, Barry Vipond, Sophie Gillett, Peter J Davis, Jack Gibb, Mai Barry, Phillippa Harris, Frances Rowley, Jiao Song, Ananda Giri Shankar, Danielle McMichael, Jonathan M Cohen, Abirami Manian, Ciaran Harvey, Louise Shaw Primrose, Stefanie Wilson, Declan T Bradley, Karthik Paranthaman, Stuart Beard, Maria Zambon, Mary Ramsay, Vanessa Saliba, Shamez Ladhani, Christopher Williams
Enteroviruses are a common cause of seasonal childhood infections. The vast majority of enterovirus infections are mild and self-limiting, although neonates can sometimes develop severe disease. Myocarditis is a rare complication of enterovirus infection. Between June 2022 and April 2023, twenty cases of severe neonatal enteroviral myocarditis caused by coxsackie B viruses were reported in the United Kingdom. Sixteen required critical care support and two died. Enterovirus PCR on whole blood was the most sensitive diagnostic test...
September 2023: Euro Surveillance