Why the study?
Hand, foot and mouth disease is uncommon in adults, making recognition essential for outbreak prevention, notification, and differential diagnosis.
Highlights the importance of recognizing HFMD in adults for outbreak prevention and differential diagnosis.
Supports including HFMD in adult differentials; leaves open optimal outbreak prevention strategies.
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is an uncommon infection to be diagnosed in adults. We present a case of a 32-year-old immunocompetent man with HFMD. This case report highlights the importance of identifying a common childhood disease that could occur in an adult. Recognition is important for possible role in notification, especially for outbreak prevention and to consider potential differential diagnoses. The management and diseaseprevention measures in a working adult in Malaysia and the shortfalls identified in management guidelines are discussed.
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