Hand, foot, and mouth disease in adults caused by Coxsackievirus B1-B6
Anamá Di Prinzio, D.P. Bastard, Ana Clara Torre, Luis Daniel Mazzuoccolo
Abstract
Hand, foot, and mouth disease is a viral rickettsial disease caused by Coxsackievirus A16 and Enterovirus 71 in most cases. It is commonly seen in children under ten years old, who present oral enanthema and a macular, maculopapular, or vesicular rash on their hands and feet. However, an increase in cases caused by other viral serotypes was observed in adults in recent years with various clinical presentations and a troublesome diagnosis. Three cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease are reported to show the clinical variability and diagnostic complexity that this disease may present in adult patients.
Topics & Concepts
CoxsackievirusMaculopapular rashMedicineEnterovirusDermatologyRashDiseaseFoot-and-mouth diseaseHand-foot-and-mouth diseaseSerotypeHand foot mouth diseaseFoot (prosody)VirologyVirusPathologyLinguisticsPhilosophyViral Infections and Immunology ResearchT-cell and Retrovirus StudiesAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology