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Fatal rhabdomyolysis and renal failure associated with hand, foot and mouth disease
Author(s) -
Cooper D. James,
Shaw David R.,
LaBrooy Justin T.,
Blumbergs Peter,
Gilbert John,
Simmons Anthony
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb115997.x
Subject(s) - rhabdomyolysis , medicine , disease , hand foot and mouth disease , foot (prosody) , linguistics , philosophy
Fatal severe rhabdomyolysis and anuric renal failure developed in a young man who had contracted hand, foot and mouth disease during an epidemic of this disease. Viral studies implicated coxsackievirus A16 as the infecting agent. This appears to be the first reported case of rhabdomyolysis that was associated with hand, foot and mouth disease and infection with coxsackievirus A16.