Background: Fever with rash is common among children and is seen by both dermatologists and pediatricians. The various causes of fever with rash in children include viral infections, bacterial infections, rickettsial species, collagen vascular diseases, and drug hypersensitivity rash. Viral exanthems ...
Some, such as roseola, cause three days of very high fever followed by a light pink rash on the trunk. More serious infections, such as meningitis, urinary tract infections, or bacteremia (bacteria in the bloodstream), may also trigger a high fever without any other specific symptoms. If ...
Scarlet fever is a bacterial infection. The distinctive feature of scarlet fever is a sore throat followed by a rash made up of tiny pinkish-red spots that cover the whole body. Scarletfever(sometimes referred to as scarlatina) is an infectious disease characterized by fever,sore throat(pharyngit...
scarlet fever, acute infectious disease caused by group A hemolytic streptococcal bacteria, in particular Streptococcus pyogenes. Scarlet fever can affect people of all ages, but it is most often seen in children. It is called scarlet fever because of the red skin rash that accompanies it. ...
The rash persists for up to 1 week and then resolves with desquamation. Patients may experience vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and pharyngitis. Anterior myelitis or hepatitis may also occur. Disease is usually milder in children than in adults. Diagnosis West Nile virus may be isolated ...
64What is the rash of rheumatic fever? Erythema marginatum.This rash occurs in less than 5% of cases of ARF. If you see it and call a colleague to the bedside to confirm it, it is likely to have disappeared in the meantime. It is an evanescent, pink to slightly red, nonpruritic erup...
The incubation period of 2 to 3 weeks is followed by sudden onset of high fever, myalgia, diarrhea, headache, fatigue, and abdominal pain; a rash, sore throat, and conjunctivitis may be present. Within 7 days, shock develops, usually associated with hemorrhage; more than 50% of patients di...
Fever, eschar and rash can also be the presentation of Mediterranean spotted fever. The timeline of eschar formation followed by systemic symptoms and a generalized rash certainly fits the clinical picture in our patient. Caused by Rickettsia conori, human...
Neither had a serious adverse effect, but one 9-month-old had a non-serious heat rash that lasted 2 days. The other infant, a 2-year-old, also vaccinated along with the mother, was diagnosed with hand, foot, mouth disease 26 days after vaccination. Both these events were assessed as ...
Phlebotomus fever is characterized by an abrupt onset of fever, headache, myalgia, nausea, retro-orbital pain, conjunctival injection, rash, or leukopenia, which typically lasts for three days. The febrile illness is self-limiting and patients can fully recover without sequelae. Since the 1980s,...