TY - JOUR T1 - Coxsackie and mumpsvirus infection in a prospective study of acute pancreatitis. JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 53 LP - 56 DO - 10.1136/gut.18.1.53 VL - 18 IS - 1 AU - C W Imrie AU - J C Ferguson AU - R G Sommerville Y1 - 1977/01/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/18/1/53.abstract N2 - 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). ER -