A fatal case of acute encephalopathy in a child due to coxsackievirus A2 infection: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Summary of CV-A2 detections in various tissue samples

Clinical samples	CODEHOP RT-PCR	CV-A2 specific RT-PCR	Identity^a (%)
Pharyngeal swab	+	Not done	213/219 (97.3)
Throat swab	+	Not done	213/219 (97.3)
Cerebrospinal fluid	−	+	151/157 (96.2)
Feces	+	Not done	213/219 (97.3)
Serum	+	Not done	213/219 (97.3)
Urine	−	−	−

+ means positive for RT-PCR. − means negative for RT-PCR
^aVP1 region of CV-A2 at strain 431135 (JX867332.1) position 2643–2861 for CODEHOP RT-PCR, and position 2674–2830 for CV-A2 specific RT-PCR

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