Sketchy Micro: (Pico) Coxsackie A

Question 1

What kind of virus is Coxsackie?

Answer 1

• Positive, ssRNA (warm tones over the aviary and sun in the background)
• Naked (statue of David in the birdcage)
• Polyprotein that gets cleaved (in front of the Pico Petting Zoo)
• Enterovirus (“ENTER the aviary”)

Question 2

Coxsackie A is associated with __________.

Answer 2

hand, foot, and mouth disease (like how the A cage –the one on the left –has cockatoos pecking David’s hand, foot, and mouth)

Question 3

With what kind of rash does hand, foot, and mouth disease present?

Answer 3

Vesicular (like the red seed!)

Question 4

Like all Enteroviruses, Coxsackie A can cause _____________.

Answer 4

aseptic meningitis (like the kid with the helmet on)

Question 5

Coxsackie infections are more common in _______________.

Answer 5

the summer (like the little girl in her swimming suit)

Question 6

Coxsackie B causes what devastating complication?

Answer 6

Dilated cardiomyopathy (like the floppy heart bags hanging from the cage on the right)

Question 7

What sign is indicative of Coxsackie B infection?

Answer 7

The “devil’s grip” sign, in which there is sharp, unilateral pain in the pleura

(Think of the birdkeeper gripping the cockatoos in cage B by the chest.)