Can coxsackie cause pneumonia?
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I had no idea that coxackie virus, or hand, foot and mouth disease could cause pneumonia, but apparently it can. See the attached.
The Coxsackie viruses were discovered in 1948-49 by Gilbert Dalldorf, a scientist working at the New York State Department of Health in Albany, New York. Dr. Dalldorf, in collaboration with Grace Sickles, had been searching for a cure for the dreaded disease polio. Earlier work Dalldorf had done in monkeys suggested that fluid collected from a non-polio virus preparation could protect against the crippling effects of polio. Using newborn mice as a vehicle, Dalldorf attempted to isolate such protective viruses from the feces of polio patients. In carrying out these experiments, he discovered viruses that often mimicked mild or nonparalytic polio. The virus family he discovered was eventually given the name Coxsackie, for the town of Coxsackie, New York, a small town on the Hudson River where Dalldorf had obtained the first fecal specimens
I don't think it can cause pneumonia but it causes this disease of children called "hand foot and mouth disease" in which they get blisters on their hands, feet and in their mouths. The ones in their mouths are the worst because they are very sensitive to things like ketchup and orange juice as they burn really bad. If it can cause pneumonia I have never heard of it.
I always thought Coxsackie caused hand foot and mouth disease.
Mostly afecting children and causing mild fever, sore throat and spots on the hands, feet and mouth.
I've not heard of it causing pneumonia
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