Abstract

JIMENEZ, Cecilia  and  PEREZ, Celenia. Enfermedad de manos pies y boca presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2004, vol.42, n.2, pp.107-109. ISSN 0001-6365.

Diseases of hands, foot and mouth occur generally in children between 6 moths and 5 years, is related to virus Coxsackie 16. Is a benign disease with a develop period from 3 to 7 days, occur with light fever, general uneasy, stomach ache, vomit, exantems and diarrhea, after that comes the oral vesicle that quickly get ulcerated  and then appears the  vesicles in hands and foot. The diagnostic is generally clinic.

Keywords : Diseases; hands; foot and mouth; Exantems; Coxsackie Virus.