A 5-year-old girl, previously healthy, presents with an erythematous, vesicular rash on the palms and soles and a high fever for several days. Upon examination, she is also found to have ulcers in her mouth. A few days later, the fever and rash resolve. What is the most likely pathogen?

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Ellis Copeland

Biology

20 January, 00:58

A 5-year-old girl, previously healthy, presents with an erythematous, vesicular rash on the palms and soles and a high fever for several days. Upon examination, she is also found to have ulcers in her mouth. A few days later, the fever and rash resolve. What is the most likely pathogen?

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Kassidy Beasley · Answer 1

Answer: Enterovirus

Explanation:

Enterovirus is a class of single-stranded positive-sense RNA viruses thta causes many mammalian and human diseases. Enteroviruses are identified across the intestines by their transmission-route.

Few of the symptoms of enterovirus are as following:

fever buttocks/genital rash resolves within three days tender vesicles on hands and feet

As the girl matches the common symptoms causd by enterovirus, the most likely pathogen will be enterovirus.