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Coxsackievirus A16 infection was identified as a novel cause of nephrotic syndrome in a 3-year-old boy presenting with hand, foot and mouth disease.
This case report provides the first evidence that coxsackievirus A16 can cause nephrotic syndrome in patients with hand, foot and mouth disease.
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Alerts clinicians to possible renal involvement in pediatric HFMD; hypothesis-generating case report requiring validation before practice change.
Zhou et al. (2014) studied this question. Coxsackievirus A16 infection was identified as a novel cause of nephrotic syndrome in a 3-year-old boy presenting with hand, foot and mouth disease.
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