An 8-year-old boy is brought to your office by his mother. He has had a slight fever and a sore throat for the past 2 days. He has eight ulcerative lesions in his mouth, three vesicular lesions on his left hand, and five similar lesions on his right foot. The most probable cause of his disease is
A) Coxsackie A virus B) Human herpes virus 6 C) HSV D) HPV
A 16-year-old boy presents at your office with a sore throat, fever, and enlarged lymph nodes. His tonsils are enlarged, the pharynx is inflamed, and splenomegaly is observed. He complains of severe fatigue. Confirmation of the causative agent is best done by observing
A) A positive Tzanck smear B) IgM heterophile antibodies C) Koilocytotic cells D) RT-PCR for enterovirus