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FIG. 11.8. Coxsackie hand-foot-and-mouth disease. A: A hand and a foot of this child show isolated vesicles compared with the grouped vesicles seen in the patient in Figure 11.7 with a herpetic infection. The child also had palatal lesions. B: Scattered petechiae appear centrally, and there is a vesicle posteriorly at the junction of the hard and soft palates. Coxsackievirus produces lesions toward the posterior of the oropharynx, whereas herpes simplex virus appears anteriorly.
FIG. 11.8. Coxsackie hand-foot-and-mouth disease. A: A hand and a foot of this child show isolated vesicles compared with the grouped vesi...
Hand-foot-mouth disease in a young child with fever and irritability