[Coxsackie B virus infection].

A case of a 27-year patient with a clinical syndrome of Coxsackie B viral infection is presented. The symptoms included pleurodynia, myocarditis and the acute gastritis. The diagnosis was confirmed with serological tests which showed high titre of antibodies neutralizing Coxsackie B3. The symptoms of myocardial infarction dominated in both clinical course and autopsy. The authors suggest that serological tests specific for Coxsackie B infection should be performed in the young patients with the symptoms of myocardial infarction.