Hand, foot and mouth disease in an immunocompetent adult due to Coxsackievirus A6

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 262-264

  Shea, Y F ^a   Chan, C Y ^a   Hung, Ivan F N ^a   Chan, K H ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Foot and mouth disease; Hand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXSACKIE VIRUS A; COXSACKIE VIRUS A6; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; HAND FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYALGIA; PAPULE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PAIN; SORE THROAT; SURGICAL MASK; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE;

ADULT; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS A, HUMAN; HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84878831638     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12809/hkmj133692     Document Type: Article

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