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exanthem

Etiology: 1) morbilliform a) pharmaceutical agents b) viral - rubeola (measles) - rubella - erythema infectiosum - Epstein-Barr virus - echovirus - coxsackie virus - adenovirus - early HIV infection 2) scarlatiniform - infection with coccobacilli - scarlet fever - Toxic shock syndrome - Kawasaki's disease 3) other - Dukes disease - Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome - roseola - hand, foot & mouth disease Pathology: 1) dilation of upper dermal blood vessels 2) minimal inflammation Clinical manifestations: 1) blanchable, macular & occasionally papular lesions 2) generalized distribution

Related

morbilliform scarlatiniform

Specific

childhood exanthem (numbered diseases) exanthematous drug eruption (morbilliform exanthem) exanthematous pustulosis hand-foot-&-mouth disease Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

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References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
  2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 321
  3. ARUP Consult: Cardiomyopathy and Arrhythmia Panel, Sequencing and Deletion/Duplication. https://arupconsult.com/ati/Cardiomyopathy-Arrhythmia-Panel