Key result
Coxsackievirus A7 infection caused a fatal case of hand-foot-and-mouth disease progressing to pancarditis and pneumonia in a 29-year-old woman.
Population
1 adult (29-year-old woman) with hand-foot-and-mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus A7
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Coxsackie A7 HFMD progressed to fatal pancarditis in an adult; leaves open frequency of cardiac complications beyond children.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Reports a rare case of fatal hand-foot-and-mouth disease progressing to pancarditis in an adult caused by coxsackievirus A7.
David A. Baker (1979) conducted a case report in Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (n=1). Coxsackievirus A7 infection was evaluated on Fatal pneumonia and pancarditis. Coxsackievirus A7 infection caused a fatal case of hand-foot-and-mouth disease progressing to pancarditis and pneumonia in a 29-year-old woman.