Deaths in children during an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in Peninsular Malaysia--clinical and pathological characteristics

• Main Authors: Shekhar, K., Lye, M.S., Norlijah, O., Looi, L.M., Khuzaiah, R., Marzuki, I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Medical Association 2005
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/24589/1/Hand_Foot_Mouth_Disease.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/24589/; http://www.e-mjm.org/2005/v60n3/Hand_Foot_Mouth_Disease.pdf

From July through December 1997, 11 previously healthy children in Peninsular Malaysia succumbed to an illness clinically characterised by an acute severe refractory left-ventricular failure, following a brief prodromal illness, in the midst of an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), sim...