Atypical hand, foot, and mouth disease associated with coxsackievirus A6 infection, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, January to February 2014

C Sinclair, E Gaunt, P Simmonds, D Broomfield, N Nwafor, L Wellington, K Templeton, L Willocks, O Schofield, H Harvala

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Abstract

n January to February 2014, 16 hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases were identified in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. All presented with atypical features, with most (n=13) resembling eczema herpeticum or chickenpox. Coxsackievirus A6 (CV-A6) was identified in all the typed cases (n=11). As atypical forms of HFMD associated with CV-A6 are likely to emerge throughout Europe, clinicians should be alert to unusual clinical presentations of HFMD and virologists aware of effective diagnostic testing and enterovirus typing methods.
Original languageEnglish
Article number20745
Pages (from-to)6-10
JournalEurosurveillance
Volume19
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - 27 Mar 2014

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