RED RASHES OF CHILDHOOD[1]
Agent
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Associated Syndrome/Disease
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Clinical Presentation
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Rubella virus
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German measles
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Rash begins at head and moves dwon, postauricular lymphoadenopathy.
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Measles virus
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Rubeola, measles
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A paramyxovirus, beginning at head and moving dwon; rash is preceded by cough, coryza, conjuntivitis, and blue-white spots on oral mucosa (Koplik).
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Mumps virus
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Mumps
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A paramyxovirus, no rash but can present with parotitis, meningitis, orchitis or oophoritis( in young adults).
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VZV
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chickenpox
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Rash begins on trunk, spread to face and extremities with lessions of different age.
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HHV-6
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Roseola
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A macular rash over body appears after several days of high fever, usually affect infants.
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Parvovirus B19
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Erythema infectiosum
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“Slapped cheek” rash on face later appears over body in reticular, “lace-like” patter (can cause hydrops fetalis in pregnant women).
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Streptococcus pyogenes
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Scarlet fever
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Erythematous, sandpaper-like rash with fever and sorethroat.
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Coxsackievirus type A
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Hand-foot-mouth disease
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Vesicular rash on palms and soles, ulcers in oral mucosa
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