2010-4-13
By Cyril Li
AN epidemic of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 13 toddlers and hospitalized 20 in a southwestern China county, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
The health department of Quanzhou County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region said the disease appeared without skin rashes - one of its typical symptoms. The alteration made it more difficult for the local medical staff to identify the disease, said the head of the county health bureau.
Inadequate conditions in local hospitals hampered treatment to patients in critical situation when none of them had necessary devices such as respirator for children or blood gas analyzer, the official added.
Experts from the center of disease control and prevention in Guangxi's Guilin City confirmed that all the deaths were caused by the disease.
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