Key result
Immunohistochemical examination characterizes a skin lesion in adult coxsackievirus A6 hand, foot and mouth disease.
Case Report (n=1)
The report describes immunohistochemical findings of a skin lesion in an adult case of atypical hand, foot and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus A6.
Single-case IHC description in adult CV-A6 HFMD; hypothesis-generating and leaves open generalizability to clinical practice.
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a self-limited and highly contagious viral infection that most commonly occurs in children. Serious outbreaks of HFMD occurred in Taiwan, Singapore and Finland in 2008 [1-3] and most recently in Japan in 2011 [4]. This epidemic was caused by coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6). CVA6-induced HFMD is known to present with atypical clinical manifestations [5-7]. This report describes the results of an immunohistochemical examination of a skin lesion in a Japanese adult with [...]
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Seki et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) caused by coxsackievirus A6 (n=1). Immunohistochemical examination of a skin lesion was evaluated on Immunohistochemical examination results. Immunohistochemical examination of a skin lesion was described in a Japanese adult with hand, foot and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus A6.
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