中国结合医学杂志（英文版）Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Author Name	Affiliation
Guozhen Lin	Affiliated Ruijin Hospital of Shanghai Second Medical University, (200025), Shanghai
Dongmei Liu	Affiliated Ruijin Hospital of Shanghai Second Medical University, (200025), Shanghai
Lin Zhu	Affiliated Ruijin Hospital of Shanghai Second Medical University, (200025), Shanghai
Dingzhong Qiu	Affiliated Ruijin Hospital of Shanghai Second Medical University, (200025), Shanghai

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Abstract:

Objective: To study immune function of children viral myocarditis and to evaluate the clinical effect of Shuanghuanglian Powder (SHLP) by injection.Methods: The 62 patients of viral myocarditis were divided into two groups randomly, the SHLP group (n = 32) treated with conventional therapy plus SHLP and the conventional treatment group (n = 30) with conventional therapy alone. Their serum antibody of Coxsackie virus group B (COXB-IgM), T-lymphocyte subsets including CD₃ ⁺, CD₄ ⁺, CD₈ ⁺ and CD₄ ⁺/CD₈ ⁺ were determined with ELISA and indirect immunofluorescent assay.Results: COXB-IgM was positive in 39 of the 62 patients, which was significantly different with those of normal controls (P< 0.001). Patients’ serum level of CD₄ ⁺ cells and CD₄ ⁺/CD₈ ⁺ ratio decreased while CD₈ ⁺ increased. After treatment, the recovery of symptoms, signs and immune function in patients of the SHLP group were significantly better than those in patients treated with conventional treatment alone (P<0.01).Conclusion: Immunoregulatory disturbance is involved in children with viral myocarditis and SHLP is an effective drug in the treatment of children viral myocarditis.