[Odynophagia, fever and rash in a 33 year-old woman]

M Priego Artero; C Roca Saumell; F López-Cacho; C Monzón

doi:10.1016/j.semerg.2012.04.017

[Odynophagia, fever and rash in a 33 year-old woman]

Semergen. 2013 Sep;39(6):e35-7. doi: 10.1016/j.semerg.2012.04.017. Epub 2012 Jun 17.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

M Priego Artero¹, C Roca Saumell, F López-Cacho, C Monzón

Affiliation

¹ Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Equipo de Atención Primaria El Clot, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 24034766
DOI: 10.1016/j.semerg.2012.04.017

Abstract

Hand-Foot-Mouth disease is a viral exanthematous disease primarily caused by Coxsackie virus that mainly affects children under 10 years-old during the spring or summer. It is a rare disease in adults, and rarer still in the immunocompetent. We report the case of a 33-year-old immunocompetent adult affected bys Hand Foot Mouth disease.

Keywords: Adultos; Adults; Coxsackie A16; Enfermedad boca-mano-pie; Hand-Foot-Mouth disease; Immunocompetent; Inmunocompetente.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Deglutition
Exanthema / etiology
Female
Fever / etiology
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / complications
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease / diagnosis*
Humans
Pain / etiology