2008年1～5月10日,有30位病童因肠病毒重症住高雄长庚医院儿童内科部,其中25例经病毒学和血清学证实为肠病毒71型感染。症状全为手足口病表现,25例中20例(80%)年龄小于4岁,男童16例,女童9例,男女之比是1.8∶1,从发病演变到重症的天数平均为2.9天,即第3天进入危险期。76%的重症 From January 1 to May 10, 2008, 30 sick children were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and 25 of them were confirmed to be Enterovirus 71 infection by serology and virology. The symptoms were hand, foot and mouth disease. Twenty cases (80%) of 25 cases were younger than 4 years old. There were 16 boys and 9 girls. The ratio of men to women was 1.8: 1. The average number of days from onset to severe was 2.9 days , That is, the third day into the dangerous period. 76% of critically ill patients