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== | ==Background== | ||
*Also known as Exanthem Subitum | |||
*Likely caused by HHV-6 | *Likely caused by HHV-6 | ||
==Diagnosis== | |||
*3-5d prodrome of high fever, then defervescence, then rash for 1-2d | *3-5d prodrome of high fever, then defervescence, then rash for 1-2d | ||
*Rash | *Rash | ||
Revision as of 21:19, 11 June 2012
Background
- Also known as Exanthem Subitum
- Likely caused by HHV-6
Diagnosis
- 3-5d prodrome of high fever, then defervescence, then rash for 1-2d
- Rash
- Erythematous macular eruption of discrete, pink lesions
- Mostly on neck, trunk, buttocks
- No mucus membrane involvement