Other Viral Flashcards
Most common type of viral exanthem in children ????
Non specific (non poliovirus)
Describe viral exanthem ?
Blanchable erythematous papules and macules on trunk and extremities
Self limited in 1w
How long does viral exanthem last ?
1w
What are the enetrovirus and from which category is ?
From > picornavirus
They are ::
Echovirus
Coxsakie A and B
Describe enterovirus ??
Ss RNA
Non enveloped capsid
Mode of transmission of enterovirus ??
Feco oral
Respiratory droplets
Peripartum
Incubation period of :
Enterovirus
Measles
Rubella
Erythema infectiousum
Roseola infantum
Poxvirus
Dengue fever
3-6
10-14
16-18
4-14
9-10
3-4
3-8
Site of replication of enterovirus ??
Lymphoid tissues
Mose common disease of enterovirus??
Hand foot mouth disease
Describe clinically hand foot mouth disease??
Palmoplantar vesicular eruption + erosive stomatitis
Variant of coxsakie causing hand foot mouth disease ?
A16
Nail changes in hand foot mouth disease ??
Onychomadesis
Name the term of coxsakie infection in atopic dermatitis?
Eczema coxsakium
Vaccine against enterovirus ??
Inactivated vaccine against entero-71
Diseases caused by enterovirus ??
1- hand foot mouth disease
2- herpangina
3- eruptive pseudoangiomatosis
Describe herpangina ??
Painful vesicles and erosions of soft palate, uvula, and buccal mucosa
No skin exanthem
Name viruses with cephalocaudal spread ??
Rubella
Rubeola
+- Roseola
Triad of eruptive pseudoangiomatosis ??
Fever + vascular pustules + dilated blood vessels
Viruses causing eruptive pseodoangiomatosis ??
Enterovirus
EBV
CMV
Methods to diagnose enterovirus ??
Viral cx
RT-PCR
Bx is useless
Treatment of enterovirus?
Supportive
Treatment of enterovirus in immuno compromised patients??
Pleconaril
Triad of measles ??
Cough and conjunctivitis + coryza + koplik spots
Mode of transmission of measles ??
Respiratory droplets