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Rubeola (Measles)
-general -signs/symptoms |
-Paramyxovirus; childhood illness
-------------------------------------- -contagious 7 days before rash forms -fever, runny nose, conjunctivitis, cough -------------------------------------- Koplik's spots = enanthem on buccal and labial mucosa -irregular patchy erythema with central bluish-white speck (grain of salt) -------------------------------------- Maculopapular rash initially on face --> trunk & limbs, palms & soles -can become extensive, confluent |
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Rubeola (Measles)
-management |
-No available antiviral
-Vitamin A reduces severity -MMR (live attenuated) |
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Rubella (German Measles)
-general -signs/symptoms -congenital rubella syndrome -management |
-Togavirus; childhood illness
-------------------------------------- -maculopapular rash spreads from top --> bottom (NOT CONFLUENT) -lymphadenopathy -arthritis (women), thrombocytopenia -------------------------------------- Acute infection during pregnancy --> deafness, cataracts, heart disease -------------------------------------- Live attenuated vaccine (MMR) -not advised during pregnancy |
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Scarlet Fever
-what is it? (cause) -signs/symptoms -management |
-Rash associated w/ group A Strep (pyogenes) infection
-Kids 1-10 -------------------------------------- -Abrupt onset fever, headache, vomiting, sore throat -Flushed cheeks -Strawberry tongue -Diffuse sandpaper-like rash (skin folds, antecubital fossa) --> desquamation -------------------------------------- Antibiotics |
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Erythema Infectiosum
-caused by? -clinical syndromes in adults, pts w/ rapid RBC turnover, immunodeficiency, pregnant -kids |
-Parvovirus B19; common in elementary school-aged kids
-------------------------------------- -Acute arthritis = adults -Aplastic crisis = rapid RBC turnover -Chronic anema (pure RBC aplasia) = immunodeficient -Pregnant = fetal death -------------------------------------- Kids = erythema infectiosum (5th disease) -slapped cheeks -lacy reticular rash |
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Roseola Infantum
-caused by? -signs/symptoms |
-HHV6; infants, young kids
-------------------------------------- Exanthem subitum (6th disease) -abrupt high fever but child looks well -fever abruptly disappears --> pale pink macular rash -leukopenia and abnormal lymphocytes |
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Coxsackievirus
-causes? (2) -describe above |
Causes:
-hand-foot-and-mouth (HFM) syndrome -herpangina -------------------------------------- HFM -kids <10 (presentation - refuse to eat) -vesicular enanthem on buccal, tongue mucosa - ulcerates -papulovesicular rash on hands/feet, buttocks -------------------------------------- Herpangina -kids 3-10 (summertime) -vesicular enanthem on soft palate, tonsillar pillars --> ulcerates (2-6 lesions) |
