Hand, foot, and mouth disease in a hospital in Callao in 2016

• Published in: Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 132 - 138
• Main Authors: Rodríguez-Zúñiga, Milton José Max, Vértiz-Gárate, Katherine, Cortéz-Franco, Florencio, Qujiano-Gomero, Eberth
• Format: Report
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 01.01.2017

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 hospita...