<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Hand-foot-mouth Disease (HFMD) is an acute, self-limited, and highly contagious disease caused by a virus and generally affects children under 10 years old. The etiology of this disease is enterovirus 71 or coxsackievirus A16 which usually causes symptomatic infection or mild disease. Immunocompetent adults are rarely affected. However, recently the incidence of HFMD in immunocompetent adults has increased. We report a 41-year-old woman with severe oral lesions and painful papulovesicular eruption on the palms of her hands and feet.</p></abstract>

Hand-foot-mouth Disease (HFMD) is an acute, self-limited, and highly contagious disease caused by a virus and generally affects children under 10 years old. The etiology of this disease is enterovirus 71 or coxsackievirus A16 which usually causes symptomatic infection or mild disease. Immunocompetent adults are rarely affected. However, recently the incidence of HFMD in immunocompetent adults has increased. We report a 41-year-old woman with severe oral lesions and painful papulovesicular eruption on the palms of her hands and feet.

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Immunocompetent Adult with Severe Oral Manifestation

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine

Serbian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology

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Hand-foot-mouth Disease (HFMD) is an acute, self-limited, and highly contagious disease caused by a virus and generally affects children under 10 years old....

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Immunocompetent Adult with Severe Oral Manifestation

Published Online: Mar 18, 2021

Page range: 87 - 91

Received: Jan 30, 2020

Accepted: Apr 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjdv-2020-0013

Keywords
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, Enterovirus Infections, Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous, Adult, Immunocompetence, Diagnosis, Case Reports, Signs and Symptoms

© 2020 Sulasmia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Immunocompetent Adult with Severe Oral Manifestation

Published Online: Mar 18, 2021

Page range: 87 - 91

Received: Jan 30, 2020

Accepted: Apr 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjdv-2020-0013

KeywordsHand, Foot and Mouth Disease, Enterovirus Infections, Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous, Adult, Immunocompetence, Diagnosis, Case Reports, Signs and Symptoms

© 2020 Sulasmia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, Enterovirus Infections, Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous, Adult, Immunocompetence, Diagnosis, Case Reports, Signs and Symptoms