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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Also known as "German measles" | |||
*Incubation 2-3wk | *Incubation 2-3wk | ||
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[[File:Rash of rubella on skin of child's back.JPG|thumb|Rubella]] | |||
*Prodrome 1-5d | *Prodrome 1-5d | ||
**Fever, malaise, headache, sore throat | **Fever, malaise, headache, sore throat | ||
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*Lymphadenopathy | *Lymphadenopathy | ||
**Suboccipital and posterior auricular nodes | **Suboccipital and posterior auricular nodes | ||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
{{Peds Rash DDX}} | {{Peds Rash DDX}} | ||
==Evaluation== | |||
==Management== | ==Management== | ||
==Disposition== | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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[[Category:ID]] | [[Category:ID]] | ||
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Revision as of 09:26, 28 July 2016
Background
- Also known as "German measles"
- Incubation 2-3wk
Clinical Features
- Prodrome 1-5d
- Fever, malaise, headache, sore throat
- Rash
- May be short-lived or protracted (2-3d)
- Pink macules/papules on face, spreads to neck, trunk, arms
- Coalesces on face as it reaches the lower extremities
- Lymphadenopathy
- Suboccipital and posterior auricular nodes
Differential Diagnosis
Pediatric Rash
- Atopic dermatitis
- Bed bugs
- Contact dermatitis
- Drug rash
- Erythema infectiosum (Fifth disease)
- Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
- Henoch-schonlein purpura (HSP)
- Herpangina
- Herpes simplex virus (HSV)
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Meningitis
- Measles
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Roseola infantum
- Rubella (German measles)
- Scabies
- Scarlet fever
- Smallpox
- Varicella (Chickenpox)