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Studies on the etiology of epidemic pleurodynia (Bornholm Disease)

I. Clinical and virological observations

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The clinical picture in 28 patients treated for pleurodynia or suspected pleurodynia is briefly described. The incidence of recurrences, dry pleuritis and meningitis was high.

Examination of spinal fluid, throat samples and stool specimens were carried out in 20 cases. In 7 of these strains of Coxsackie virus were isolated. Stools were positive in all 7 cases, throat swabs in 2 and spinal fluid in one case. Neutralizing antibodies against the strains isolated were present in convalescent sera in all cases.

A certain evidence is presented to show that the virus found was of etiological importance.

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  1. From the Department of Virus Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

    O. Gabinus, S. Gard, T. Johnsson & A. Pöldre

  2. Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Jonköping

    O. Gabinus, S. Gard, T. Johnsson & A. Pöldre

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This study was aided by grants from the Swedish Medical Research Council.

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Gabinus, O., Gard, S., Johnsson, T. et al. Studies on the etiology of epidemic pleurodynia (Bornholm Disease). Archiv f Virusforschung 5, 1–13 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01245135

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