Abstract
Hand foot mouth disease is an acute febrile vesicular exanthem and enanthem caused by enteroviruses. In Europe c oxsackie virus A16 is the most common cause. Distribution of the skin lesions, concurrent symptoms and the age of patients differ between the serotypes A12 and A6. We describe a case of a 29 year old man who was infected with the coxsackievirus A6. He had an extensive and atypical presentation of hand foot mouth disease and experienced of a lot of pain.
| Original language | Dutch |
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| Pages (from-to) | 45-47 |
| Journal | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Dermatologie en Venereologie |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |