Exanthema - Therapy
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Approach to the patient with drug allergy.

30 Jul 2009 Drug allergies are adverse drug reactions mediated by the specific immune system. Despite characteristic signs (eg, skin rash) that raise awareness for possible drug allergies, they are great imitators of disease and may hide behind unexpected ... Read more...

Presentations of rash.

29 Jun 2009 The gender distribution of patients presenting with rash were similar to all BEACH encounters. However, younger patients were more likely to present with rash, with one-quarter (24.5%) of patients being under the age of 15 years compared with 11.8% ... Read more...

A case report of generalized pustulosis with systemic manifestations requiring burn intensive care unit admission.

30 Oct 2008 Not infrequently patients are transferred to a burn center with the diagnosis of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). Not all cases of generalized erythema and skin sloughing represent TEN. Acute generalized pustular psoriasis (AGPP) of the von ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Exanthema - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Pruritic rash on the legs of a sports enthusiast. 30 Jul 2009
• Approach to the patient with drug allergy. 30 Jul 2009
• Presentations of rash. 29 Jun 2009
• A 54-year-old man with a rash and pulmonary infiltrates. 29 Nov 2008
• A case report of generalized pustulosis with systemic manifestations requiring burn intensive care unit admission. 30 Oct 2008
• Viral exanthems in childhood--infectious (direct) exanthems. Part 2: Other viral exanthems. 17 Sep 2008
• Viral exanthems in childhood. Part 3: Parainfectious exanthems and those associated with virus-drug interactions. 17 Sep 2008
• Viral exanthems in childhood--infectious (direct) exanthems. Part 1: Classic exanthems. 16 Sep 2008
• Pruritic papular eruptions of HIV: a clinicopathologic and therapeutic study. 30 Aug 2008
• Clinical and genetic aspects of Blau syndrome: a 25-year follow-up of one family and a literature review. 17 Aug 2008
• Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis in pregnancy. 6 Aug 2008
• [Clinical analysis of childhood acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis] 30 Jul 2008
• Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis due to clindamycin. 13 Jul 2008
• Bed bug re-emergence--what you should know. 30 May 2008
• Erlotinib-induced skin rash. Pathogenesis, clinical significance and management in pancreatic cancer patients. 6 May 2008
• Diagnosis and management of HIV drug hypersensitivity. 8 Jan 2008
• Newborn skin: Part I. Common rashes. 30 Dec 2007
• [Adverse cutaneous drug reactions] 29 Nov 2007
• Cutaneous reactions to drugs in children. 29 Sep 2007
• A bright red pruritic rash on the forearms. 30 Jul 2007

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Technical information about 'Exanthema'

Definition: Diseases in which skin eruptions or rashes are a prominent manifestation. Classically, six such diseases were described with similar rashes; they were numbered in the order in which they were reported. Only the fourth (Duke's disease), fifth (ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM), and sixth (EXANTHEMA SUBITUM) numeric designations survive as occasional synonyms in current terminology.

Descriptor UI: D005076

Alternative terms: Exanthema; Skin Rash; Rash, Skin; Rash; Exanthem;

Related Mesh Headings: Wissler's Syndrome;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C17.800.257;

Technical Notes: a skin eruption usually chem- or viral-induced; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM is also available