Table 1 Summary of clinical presentation and laboratory investigation of coxsackievirus A6-associated HFMD cases
Case | Sex | Age (years) | History of contact | Clinical manifestation | Laboratory investigation | Remarks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oral | Hands/feet | Buttock | Unusual presentation | Tzanck smear | CA6-PCR | |||||||
Throat swab | Stool | Vesicles/lesions | ||||||||||
1 | F | 10 months | + | + | + | + | WAL, large vesicles | NA | + | NA | NA | |
2 | M | 1 | − | + | + | + | WAL, large vesicles | NA | + | + | + | Desquamation |
3 | M | 11 months | − | + | + | + | WAL, large vesicles | − | + | NA | + | Desquamation |
4 | F | 10 | − | − | + | − | Crust on scalp | NA | + | NA | + (crust on scalp) | |
5 | M | 12 | − | + | + | + | WAL, purpuric-like, crust on scalp | NA | + | NA | NA | Desquamation |
6 | F | 2 | + | − | + | + | GCS-like | NA | + | NA | NA | |
7 | F | 10 | − | − | + | − | WTB, face (perioral), purpuric-like | − | + | + | NA | Underlying ALL, desquamation |
8 | M | 10 months | − | + | + | − | GCS-like, face (perioral) | − | − | + | NA | |