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Volume 28, Number 12—December 2022
Letter

Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease as Differential Diagnosis of Monkeypox, Germany, August 2022

Anahita FathiComments to Author  and Stefan Schmiedel
Author affiliations: University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (A. Fathi, S. Schmiedel); Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg (A. Fathi); German Center for Infection Research, Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Hamburg (A. Fathi, S. Schmiedel)

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Painful pustular lesions on left foot (A) and hand (B) of a 20-year-old man 1 day after onset of influenza-like symptoms, Germany. PCR results were positive for enterovirus but negative for orthopoxvirus, confirming hand, foot, and mouth disease rather than monkeypox.

Figure. Painful pustular lesions on left foot (A) and hand (B) of a 20-year-old man 1 day after onset of influenza-like symptoms, Germany. PCR results were positive for enterovirus but negative for orthopoxvirus, confirming hand, foot, and mouth disease rather than monkeypox.

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