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