Coxsackievirus

Key Points

• Coxsackievirus
  • Member of Picornavirus family
    • Also an enterovirus (closely related to Poliovirus)
  • Group A (Coxsackie A)
    • Aseptic meningitis
    • Herpangina
      • mouth blisters (posterior pharyngeal grey vesicles/ulcers)
    • Hand, foot, and mouth disease
      • Fever, ulcers on tongue/oral mucosa and maculopapular/vesicular rash on palms and soles
  • Group B (Coxsackie B)
    • Myocarditis/Pericarditis
    • Pleurodynia