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= Numbered Childhood Exanthems =
== Numbered Childhood Exanthems ==


# First disease: [[measles]]
# First disease: [[measles]]
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# Sixth disease: [[roseola]] infantum, caused by human herpesvirus 6 or 7
# Sixth disease: [[roseola]] infantum, caused by human herpesvirus 6 or 7


= Further Reading =
== Further Reading ==


* [https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h3525 First to seventh diseases: discarded diagnoses?] ''BMJ''. 2015;351:h3525.
* [https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h3525 First to seventh diseases: discarded diagnoses?] ''BMJ''. 2015;351:h3525.

[[Category:Pediatrics]]
[[Category:Rashes and skin lesions]]

Revision as of 10:13, 16 August 2019

Numbered Childhood Exanthems

  1. First disease: measles
  2. Second disease: scarlet fever, caused by group A Streptococcus
  3. Third disease: rubella or German measles
  4. Fourth disease: "Duke's disease"; may or may not exist; ?Staph scalded skin syndrome
  5. Fifth disease: erythema infectiosum, caused by parvovirus B19
  6. Sixth disease: roseola infantum, caused by human herpesvirus 6 or 7

Further Reading