Herpangina

Last Updated: 2023-07-07

Author(s): Anzengruber F., Navarini A.

ICD11: 1F05.1

Zahorsky 1924.

Pharyngitis vesicularis.

Most throat infections occur in summer and autumn, especially in young children and adolescents.

  • Incubation period: 2-9 days
  • Herpangina is caused by type A coxsackie viruses (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10)

High, often biphasic fever (up to 40°C), convulsions, nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea and myalgias. In the course of the disease, vesicles appear in the pharyngeal region and the palatum molle. After about 4 days, the vesicles erupt with the formation of ulcers and subsequent healing within 14 days

  • Clinic
  • Virus isolation is possible (CSF, blood, stool, throat lavage water)

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