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A 14-month-old child presenting with diaper rash was diagnosed with hand-foot-mouth disease caused by coxsackie virus A6 after further lesions were identified on the extremities.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights that hand-foot-mouth disease caused by coxsackie virus A6 can present atypically, mimicking diaper dermatitis.
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Clinicians should consider atypical HFMD in refractory diaper rash; this case extends CVA6 phenotype awareness but leaves broader applicability open.
A 14-month-old child presented with a 4-day history of diaper rash consisting of round erosions with a thin crust on an erythematous background symmetrically distributed around the anal orifice and crops of perilesional vesicles (figure 1). During the examination, further lesions were identified on the extremities and hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) caused by coxsackie virus A6 (CVA6) was confirmed on serology. Figure 1 (A) …
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Neri et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Hand-foot-mouth disease mimicking diaper dermatitis (n=1). A 14-month-old child presenting with diaper rash was diagnosed with hand-foot-mouth disease caused by coxsackie virus A6 after further lesions were identified on the extremities.
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