@article {Imrie53, author = {C W Imrie and J C Ferguson and R G Sommerville}, title = {Coxsackie and mumpsvirus infection in a prospective study of acute pancreatitis.}, volume = {18}, number = {1}, pages = {53--56}, year = {1977}, doi = {10.1136/gut.18.1.53}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group}, abstract = {A prospective study of 116 patients with acute pancreatitis included routine screening for evidence of viral infection. Five patients (all female) exhibited significant rising antibody titres to Coxsackie B or mumpsvirus, while none of the remaining 111 patients did. Diarrhoea was a prodromal feature of the pancreatitis in those patients with evidence of viral disease. Screening patients with acute pancreatitis for Coxsackie B and mumpsvirus infections is worthwhile in the identification of aetiological factors and may minimise protracted biliary investigations. The incidence of "idiopathic" acute pancreatitis in this study was 5-2\% (six patients).}, issn = {0017-5749}, URL = {https://gut.bmj.com/content/18/1/53}, eprint = {https://gut.bmj.com/content/18/1/53.full.pdf}, journal = {Gut} }