A Tale of 2 Febrile Rashes: A Case Study.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Muralidharan, Madhavi; Hill, Ann E.; Onwuegbuchu, Erica; Laycock, Katherine M.; Treat, James; Congdon, Morgan
- Source
- Clinical Pediatrics. Dec2023, Vol. 62 Issue 12, p1583-1586. 4p.
- Subject
- *MUCOCUTANEOUS lymph node syndrome diagnosis
*SKIN disease diagnosis
*COMMUNICABLE disease diagnosis
*PHYSICAL diagnosis
*SKIN diseases
*FEVER
*COMMUNICABLE diseases
*EXANTHEMA
*MUCOCUTANEOUS lymph node syndrome
*ROUTINE diagnostic tests
*ANTIBIOTICS
*SYMPTOMS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0009-9228
The article focuses on the diagnosis and management of a 2-year-old patient with a febrile rash. It highlights the overlapping clinical features between Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) and Kawasaki disease (KD), emphasizing the need to consider both conditions in patients with similar symptoms.