rose spots
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rose spots
characteristic exanthema of typhoid fever; 10-20 small pink papules on the lower trunk lasting a few days and leaving hyperpigmentation.
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rose spots
Infectious disease Innumerable transient 1-5 mm in diameter blanchable reddish macules on the lower chest and upper abdomen, caused by bacterial emboli in skin vessels accompanied by focal aggregates of macrophages; RSs classically occur in Salmonella typhi-induced typhoid fever in the 1st wk of disease, coinciding with the onset of splenomegaly. See Typhoid fever.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
rose spots
(rōz spots)Characteristic exanthema of typhoid fever; 10-20 small pink papules on the lower trunk lasting a few days and leaving hyperpigmentation.
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Rose spots
Small slightly raised reddish pimples that are a distinguishing feature of typhoid or paratyphoid infection.
Mentioned in: Paratyphoid Fever
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