Objective To explore the attack rate of onychomadesis linked to hand,foot and mouth disease in Guangzhou. Method All lab-confirmed HFMD cases were follow up by home visit and telephone survey. Rerults 14 of the 356 HFMD cases had been attack by onychomadesis,attack rate were 3.93%,85.71% of them were HFMD cases caused by other enterovirus infections (non-EV71 and non-CoxA16),the average number of shed nails was 735 per case,HFMD in these 14 cases had started an average of 34 days before onset of onychomadeses and the changes on the nail. Conclusions Onychomadesis may occurred after HFMD,and most caused by other enterovirus infections.Further research are need to demonstrate whether or not onychomadesis is a long-term complication of HFMD.
Key words
hand,foot and mouth disease /
onychomadesis /
enterovirus
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