exanthem

[eg-zan´them]

1. a skin eruption or rash.

2. a disease in which skin eruptions or rashes are a prominent manifestation.

exanthem su´bitum roseola infantum.

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Q. roseola high fever

A. roseola; any rose colored eruption of the skin--roseola is a viral infection of young children producing a fever which last three or four days after which temperatures drops to normal,a skin rash appears and the child becomes better---treated with meds that lower fever and stops the rash.

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Epidemiology and distribution of human herpesvirus (HHV-6) variants Variant A Variant B Associated pathologic conditions Exanthem subitum -(a) ++++ febrile syndromes(b) Multiple sclerosis ++ ++ Lymphomas and neoplasies ++ ++ Reactivation in transplants ++ ++ Reactivation in AIDS ++ ++ Tissue distribution Peripheral blood + +++ mononuclear cells Salivary glands - ++++ Skin ++ ++ Brain ++ ++ Lymph nodes - ++++ Other tissues - ++++ Serum from healthy persons - - Serum from exanthem - ++++ subitum patients Serum from other patients(c) +++ + Saliva - ++++ Cerebrospinal fluid +++ +

(8), who investigated the correlation between seroconversion to HHV-6B and childhood infectious diseases and found that seroconversion occurs concomitantly with roseola infantum, also designated exanthem subitum or sixth disease, a common, mild, acute febrile disease of infants.

HHV-6B is not the only causative agent of exanthem subitum. Occasionally, HHV-7 may also cause fever with or without rash.

In addition to the salivary glands, HHV-6 has been frequently isolated from cultured PBMCs from AIDS patients or children with exanthem subitum or febrile illnesses.

Human Herpesvirus 6: An Emerging Pathogen

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