Morbilliform rash and conjunctival injection in a febrile child

Adult with morbilliform rash and tattoo bullae.

A 34-year-old woman was diagnosed with Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS), most likelyrelated to a reaction to allopurinol.The patient presented with a 2-week history of a painful pruritic rash that started on her back and progressed to the rest of her body over a five-day period. The eruption started after several new drugs were started, including allopurinol for hyp...

Dengue with a morbilliform rash and a positive tourniquet test

CASE REPORT A 28-year-old Connecticut woman had fever and rash 3 days after returning from the Dominican Republic. During her trip, she ate the food, drank the water, and suffered many mosquito bites. The rash involved her neck, chest, and extremities. Accompanying the rash, she had chills, fever, headache, and malaise. She had no arthralgias, myalgias, or diarrhea. During childhood, she immigr...

Causes of morbilliform rash in a highly immunised English population.

AIMS To determine the causes of morbilliform rash and fever in a population with high vaccination coverage for measles and rubella. METHODS Comprehensive laboratory investigation additional to routine oral fluid testing of children presenting to primary care physicians in East Anglia, England. RESULTS Laboratory confirmation of infection was obtained in 93 (48%) of 195 children: parvovirus ...

Febrile rash and convalescent rash of dengue fever.

A 9-year-old girl presented with fever for 4 days. On day 8 of illness, when her fever subsided, she developed hypotension. Her platelet count dropped to 15000/ml and hematocrit increased to 42.8%. She was resuscitated with fluid boluses. She developed typical dengue rash of convalescence 3 days after defervescence (Fig. 2). Her dengue serology IgM and IgG were positive, suggestive of secondary...

Arm rash and swelling in a child.