%0 Journal Article %A C W Imrie %A J C Ferguson %A R G Sommerville %T Coxsackie and mumpsvirus infection in a prospective study of acute pancreatitis. %D 1977 %R 10.1136/gut.18.1.53 %J Gut %P 53-56 %V 18 %N 1 %X 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). %U https://gut.bmj.com/content/gutjnl/18/1/53.full.pdf