exanthem

Etiology

• morbilliform
  • pharmaceutical agents
  • viral
    • rubeola (measles)
    • rubella
    • erythema infectiosum
    • Epstein-Barr virus
    • echovirus
    • coxsackie virus
    • adenovirus
    • early HIV infection
• scarlatiniform
  • infection with coccobacilli
    • scarlet fever
    • Toxic shock syndrome
    • Kawasaki's disease
• other
  • Dukes disease
    • Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
  • roseola
  • hand, foot & mouth disease

Pathology

• dilation of upper dermal blood vessels
• minimal inflammation

Clinical manifestations

• blanchable, macular & occasionally papular lesions
• generalized distribution

More general terms

• rash

More specific terms

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

Additional terms

• morbilliform
• scarlatiniform