Pathologic studies of fatal cases in outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease, Taiwan

Authors
Shieh, SJ Jung, SM Hsueh, C Kuo, TT Mounts, A Parashar, U Yang, CF Guarner, J Ksiazek, TG Dawson, J Goldsmith, C Chang, CJJ Oberste, SM Pallansch, MA Anderson, LJ Zaki, SR
Citation
Sj. Shieh et al., Pathologic studies of fatal cases in outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease, Taiwan, EM INFECT D, 7(1), 2001, pp. 146-148
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
146 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200101/02)7:1<146:PSOFCI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
In 1998, an outbreak of enterovirus 71-associated hand, foot, and mouth dis ease occurred in Taiwan. Pathologic studies of two fatal cases with similar clinical features revealed two different causative agents, emphasizing the need for postmortem examinations and modern pathologic techniques in an ou tbreak investigation.