Coxsackievirus
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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
- Member of Picornavirus family