Author
Daniel Owens, BM, MRCPCH(UK) Clinical Research Fellow, NIHR Clinical Research Facility, Southampton General Hospital, UK
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Saul N Faust, MA, MBBS, PhD, MRCPCH(UK) Senior Lecturer in Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine; Director, NIHR Clinical Research Facility, Southampton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Saul N Faust, MA, MBBS, PhD, MRCPCH(UK) is a member of the following medical societies: British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group, European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, International Society for Infectious Diseases, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Disclosure: Serve(d) as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Pfizer meningococcal vaccines<br/>Received research grant from: Pfizer<br/>Institution (no personal fees) received consulting fees from Pfizer, Sanofi, Seqrius, Merck, Medimmune, AstraZeneca.
Specialty Editor Board
Mary L Windle, PharmD Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Mark R Schleiss, MD Minnesota American Legion and Auxiliary Heart Research Foundation Chair of Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics, Division Director, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School
Mark R Schleiss, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Pediatric Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Society for Pediatric Research
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Chief Editor
Russell W Steele, MD Clinical Professor, Tulane University School of Medicine; Staff Physician, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Russell W Steele, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of Immunologists, American Pediatric Society, American Society for Microbiology, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Louisiana State Medical Society, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Society for Pediatric Research, Southern Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Additional Contributors
Joseph Domachowske, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Joseph Domachowske, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Society for Microbiology, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Phi Beta Kappa
Disclosure: Received research grant from: Pfizer;GlaxoSmithKline;AstraZeneca;Merck;American Academy of Pediatrics, Novavax, Regeneron, Diassess, Actelion<br/>Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: Sanofi Pasteur.
Leonard R Krilov, MD Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and International Adoption, Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Winthrop University Hospital; Professor of Pediatrics, Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Leonard R Krilov, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Pediatric Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Society for Pediatric Research
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Mobeen H Rathore, MD, CPE, FAAP, FIDSA Chief of Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases/Immunology, Associate Chairman of Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine at Jacksonville; Hospital Epidemiologist and Section Chief of Infectious Disease and Immunology, Wolfson Children's Hospital; Director of University of Florida Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education and Service (UF CARES)
Mobeen H Rathore, MD, CPE, FAAP, FIDSA is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Society for Microbiology, Florida Medical Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Society for Pediatric Research, Southern Medical Association, Southern Society for Pediatric Research, Florida Chapter of The American Academy of Pediatrics, Florida Pediatric Society, European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Nicholas John Bennett, MBBCh, PhD, FAAP, MA(Cantab) Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Co-Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship, Medical Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Nicholas John Bennett, MBBCh, PhD, FAAP, MA(Cantab) is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics
Disclosure: Received research grant from: Cubist<br/>Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: Horizon Pharmaceuticals, Shire<br/>Medico legal consulting for: Various.
Acknowledgements
The authors and editors of eMedicine gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous author Michelle Mowad, MD, to the original writing and development of this article.
Figure 5 is a photograph of a case of Atypical HFMD seen by Dr Henry Feder and Dr Nicholas Bennett. Permission to use the photograph was granted by the patient's family. The image is reprinted from The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol. 14(1), Feder, Bennett and Modlin, Atypical hand, foot, and mouth disease: a vesiculobullous eruption caused by Coxsackie virus A6, Pages 83-86., Copyright (2014), with permission from Elsevier.
