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. 1995;3(2):79–81. doi: 10.1155/S1064744995000366

Intrauterine Infection With Coxsackievirus: Is it a Cause of Congenital Cardiac Malformations?

William J Watson 1,, Sami Awadallah 2, Mary Jo Jaqua 3
PMCID: PMC2364419  PMID: 18476025

Abstract

Background: Although maternal infections with coxsackievirus during pregnancy are relatively common, fetal infections are quite rare. Coxsackievirus infection in utero has been associated with myocarditis, but has not been proven a teratogen.

Case: A patient whose fetus had structural cardiac anomalies and hydrops was found to have an intrauterine infection with Coxsackie B-1 virus, proven by virus isolation from the amniotic fluid. This infection led to increasing intrauterine hydrops and subsequent neonatal death.

Conclusion: This interesting association of intrauterine infection with Coxsackie B virus and structural cardiac anomalies in the fetus warrants further investigation.

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