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http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.1029 | DOI Listing |
JAMA Dermatol
July 2024
Department of Dermatology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Pediatr Infect Dis J
September 2024
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Infect Chemother
December 2020
Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, Sejong, Korea.
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease, a highly contagious viral infection, occurs more common in children than in adults. However, there was a recent outbreak of Coxsackievirus A6-induced infection with an atypical presentation among the adult population. Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a severe mucocutaneous disease characterized by extensive necrosis and detachment of the epidermis, and this condition is commonly caused by medications.
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October 2019
Department of Dermatology, Fundación de Investigación Biomédica del Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
An atypical clinical variant of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) with more extensive lesions and affecting adults has emerged during the past years, usually associated to the Coxsackievirus serotype A6 (CV-A6). We present a 19-year-old woman with a 3-day evolution eruption of papulovesicular lesions, which first appeared around the mouth and frontal area and rapidly spread. In addition, we present a 61-year-old man with a 4-day evolution asymptomatic eruption of papulovesicular lesions in both the hands and feet after suffering a cold 1 week before.
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December 2013
Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Importance: Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) is an acute, self-limited, highly contagious viral illness that commonly affects children younger than 5 years. It is most typically caused by enterovirus 71 or coxsackievirus A16 and results in asymptomatic infection or mild disease. Immunocompetent adults are rarely affected.
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