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| + | == Background == |
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| − | * Pastia’s lines are deep red skin folds |
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| + | == Clinical Manifestation == |
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| + | *Most commonly associated with [[streptococcal pharyngitis]], with fever, malaise, and a sore throat |
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| + | **Appears as a diffuse erythema or erythroderma |
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| + | **Blanchable, with sandpaper texture |
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| + | *May have petechiae starting 1 to 3 days after the rash, forming in the skin creases along Pastia lines |
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| + | == Management == |
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| + | * Treated with a 10-day course of [[penicillin]] (or [[clindamycin]], if penicillin-allergy) |
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Revision as of 08:39, 18 August 2020
Background
- Caused by pyrogenic exotoxins (erythrogenic toxins) released by Streptococcus pyogenes that can be associated with potentially any streptococcal infection
Clinical Manifestation
- Most commonly associated with streptococcal pharyngitis, with fever, malaise, and a sore throat
- Rash appears on day 1 or 2 of illness, starting from trunk spreading to extremities
- Appears as a diffuse erythema or erythroderma
- Blanchable, with sandpaper texture
- Flushed face with circumoral pallor
- White strawberry tongue early in disease gives way to beefy red strawberry tongue later
- May have petechiae starting 1 to 3 days after the rash, forming in the skin creases along Pastia lines
Management
- Treated with a 10-day course of penicillin (or clindamycin, if penicillin-allergy)
