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Table 2 Immunohistochemical and molecular-pathological investigations of the myocardium of sudden unexpected death victims

From: Sudden unexpected death related to enterovirus myocarditis: histopathology, immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology diagnosis at post-mortem

No

Enteroviral capsid protein VP1

T-lymphocytes (CD3)

B-lymphocytes (CD19)

Coxsackie B enterovirus by RT-PCR

1

+

> 30

> 30

+ (CVB3)

2

+

> 30

27.6

+ (CVB3)

3

+

23.3

> 30

+ (CVB3)

4

+

24.9

> 30

+ (CVB3)

5

+

> 30

> 30

+ (CVB1)

6

+

> 30

> 30

+ (CVB3)

  1. Mean values of T and B-lymphocytes; 20 counted high power fields (HPF; x400); and detection of enteroviral capsid protein VP1.