Article: Hand foot and mouth disease: Emerging epidemics

Sir,

The case report by Saoji VA about hand, foot and mouth disease in Nagpur, made very interesting reading. [1] We in Jorhat district of the state of Assam, India, also witnessed and managed an outbreak of hand foot mouth disease (HFMD). However, our observations differed in various respects from the above case report. We observed a sudden increase in referrals and direct presentation of children in the month of August and September 2007, with undiagnosed discrete, tender, non-itchy vesicular eruption over palms, soles, and buttocks; as well as oral erosions.

A total of 34 children fully immunized for their age presented with the above complaints over a 4-week period. Boys accounted for ...

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