Infectious diseases Flashcards
1
Q
Diagnosis:
Fever
Rash on palms and soles (maculopapular & vesicular rash)
Oropharyngeal sores (painful, erythematous macules, seen in early eruptions)
A
Hand, foot, mouth dz
*Coxsakievirus
2
Q
Diagnosis:
Fever
Conjunctivitis
cough
coryza (inflam of mucus membrane in nose)
Koplid spots, discrete buccal lesions
cephalocaudal spread of maculopapular lesions (darker and coalesce)
A
Measles
3
Q
Diagnosis:
Fever, strauberry tongue, rash (can desquamate)
sandpaper textured, diffuse, prominent along skin folds (axillae, antecubital fossae)
Exudative pharyngitis
A
Scarlet fever
4
Q
Dx:
sydenham chorea
A
rheumatic fever
group A streptococcal infection
*brief, random, irreg contractions of limbs/face, emotional lability, hypotonia