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= Childhood exanthems =
= Numbered Childhood Exanthems =


# First disease: measles
# First disease: [[measles]]
# Second disease: scarlet fever, caused by group A ''Streptococcus''
# Second disease: [[scarlet fever]], caused by group A ''Streptococcus''
# Third disease: rubella or German measles
# Third disease: [[rubella]] or German measles
# Fourth disease: "Duke's disease"; may or may not exist; ?Staph scalded skin syndrome
# Fourth disease: "Duke's disease"; may or may not exist; ?Staph scalded skin syndrome
# Fifth disease: erythema infectiosum, caused by parvovirus B19
# Fifth disease: erythema infectiosum, caused by [[parvovirus B19]]
# 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.

Revision as of 23:13, 14 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