Cutaneous manifestations of childhood COVID-19 differ from those of adults. Maculopapular rash is not specific and could be mistaken with other viral exanthema. A nasopharyngeal swab is strongly recommended to confirm the possible COVID-19 diagnosis.
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Cutaneous manifestations of childhood COVID-19 differ from those of adults. Maculopapular rash is not specific and could be mistaken with other viral exanthema. A nasopharyngeal swab is strongly recommended to confirm the possible COVID-19 diagnosis.
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August 1994
Department of Pediatrics, E. Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
J Clin Pathol
August 1994
First Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
Human herpes virus 6 (HHV 6) has been implicated as the causative agent of exanthema subitum in young children. Recently, we reported two cases of a severe, infectious, mononucleosis-like syndrome resulting from a primary HHV 6 infection in immunocompetent adults. Both of these patients had the skin condition generally referred to as "erythroderma".
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April 1995
Immunopathology Section, University of Cologne, Germany.
Human herpesvirus-6 is a lymphotropic virus which infects susceptible individuals during the first year of life and usually causes life-long latency. In a variable percentage primary infections are followed by a short acute disease, exanthema subitum. Older individuals may suffer from infectious mononucleosis-like illnesses or from Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease.
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