Volume : IX, Issue : IX, September - 2019

UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF HAND FOOT MOUTH DISEASE IN ADULTS

Dr. Sharmila Patil, Dr. Ashwini Kandikatla

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Hand foot mouth disease is a common childhood illness most commonly caused by Coxsackievirus A16 and Enterovirus 71. It can rarely also affect adults. Clinical features include fever, malaise, oral ulcers and a vesicular eruption over the hands and feet. Transmission can occur via respiratory secretions, oral–oral, feco–oral, contact with fomites or shÃ¥ close living spaces. Painful stomatitis is an early feature and diffuse pupuric rash is a feature seen more commonly in adults. While the course of this infection is usually benign in children, resolving in a period of 1–2 weeks, atypical presentations are seen in adults. In this article we report a cluster of of three cases with atypical features of this infection.

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UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF HAND FOOT MOUTH DISEASE IN ADULTS, Dr. Sharmila Patil, Dr. Ashwini Kandikatla INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-9 | September-2019


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