Title
Hand, foot, and mouth disease in a hospital in Callao in 2016
Other title
[Enfermedad de mano, pie y boca en un hospital del Callao, 2016]
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Vértiz-Gárate K.
Qujiano-Gomero E.
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) is an exanthematous viral disease caused mainly by Coxsackie A16 with a typical symptomatology of fever, papulovesicular rash on the hands, feet, and genitals, and an ulcerous enanthem in the mouth. In the summer of 2016, a variety of cases presented at a hospital in Callao in children and adults with a symptomatology consistent with HFMD. A clinical diagnosis was made, and support therapy was applied, resulting in the resolution of symptoms. In the last decade, reports have emerged in some countries of an atypical involvement caused by Coxsackie A6, producing lesions that are more widely distributed in adults. However, the diagnosis remains clinical, only requiring virological confirmation in atypical cases or when the diagnosis is unclear. The importance of this report stems from its description of the cases in Callao that occurred in the summer of 2016 and serve as an example for health professionals in the diagnosis and management of patients with similar symptomatology.
Start page
132
End page
138
Volume
34
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Dermatología, Enfermedades venéreas
Pediatría
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85019501872
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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