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 shå 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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