Exanthematous Illness

• Exanthems – eruption of skin accompanied by inflammation.
• Enanthems – eruption of mucous membrane.

Maculopapular rashes :

• Measles
• Rubella
• Erythema Infectiosum
• Roseola
• Coxsackie
• Echo virus
• CMV and HBV
• Erythema Multiforme due to Herpes virus, EBV, Adeno virus, Chlamydia, Salmonella, Mycobacteria, Histoplasma, Coccidiosis

Nodular rashes :

• Fungal disease
• Atypical Mycobacteria
• Pseudomonas infection
• Erythema Nodosum – Streptococcus, Mycobacteria, Yersinia, HCV, Sarcoidosis, Drugs and IBD

Diffuse erythematous with peeling or desquamation :

• Scarlet fever
• Toxic shock syndrome
• Kawasaki disease(KD)
• Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome(SSSS)
• Steven-Johnson Syndrome

Vesicobullous rashes :

vesiculobullous rashes

• Varicella
• Herpes virus
• Coxsackie
• Enterovirus
• Meningococcal
• Group A Streptococcal
• Pseudomonas

Petechial and Purpuric rashes :

• Epstein-Barr virus(EBV)
• ECHO virus-9
• Cytomegalo virus(CMV)
• Rickettsial
• Malaria
• Pneumococcal
• Meningococcal
• Listeria

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Tags: eruptive fevers, rashes

Last updated: June 1, 2010

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