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erythema infectiosum

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erythema in·fec·ti·o·sum (n-fksh-sm)
n.
A mild infectious disease occurring mainly in early childhood, marked by a rosy-red maculopapular rash on the cheeks, often spreading to the trunk and limbs. Fever and arthritis may also be present. Also called fifth disease.
erythema infectiosum,
n See disease, fifth.
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Infection with parvovirus B19, although frequently asymptomatic, may result in erythema infectiosum, arthropathy, pregnancy complications (e.
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Fifth - technically erythema infectiosum - in most cases is not serious, except in a few pregnant women and patients with immune deficiencies, said Dr.
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] Erythema infectiosum fifth disease) is characterized by several days of high fever, migratory myalgias and arthralgias, lymphadenopathy, anemia, and the presence of a maculopapular rash that appears as the fever breaks.
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