Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/11499
Title
Onychomadesis after a hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreak in Spain, 2009.
Author(s)
Cabrerizo, Maria ISCIII | De Miguel, T | Armada, A | Martínez-Risco, R | Pousa Ortega, Ánxela | Trallero, Gloria ISCIII
Date issued
2010-12
Citation
Epidemiol Infect . 2010 Dec;138(12):1775-8.
Language
Inglés
Abstract
Few reports exist regarding the association between onychomadesis and an enterovirus infection presenting clinically as hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD). In February 2009, an outbreak of HFMD occurred in a Spanish nursery school, followed by onychomadesis 36-69 days later. Twelve of 17 children with HFMD developed nail shedding; enterovirus was detected in stool samples from eight (47%) of the 17. However, in only three of the children could an enterovirus serotype coxsackievirus B1 be identified. The epidemiological results of this study confirm onychomadesis as a complication in HFMD. In future outbreaks, molecular characterization of enterovirus from appropriate clinical samples should be studied.
MESH
Disease Outbreaks | Adult | Child, Preschool | Cluster Analysis | Enterovirus B, Human | Feces | Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease | Humans | Infant | Molecular Sequence Data | Nail Diseases | Phylogeny | RNA, Viral | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Sequence Homology | Spain
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