A Febrile Skin Rash May Hide Another

Febrile rash and convalescent rash of dengue fever.

A 9-year-old girl presented with fever for 4 days. On day 8 of illness, when her fever subsided, she developed hypotension. Her platelet count dropped to 15000/ml and hematocrit increased to 42.8%. She was resuscitated with fluid boluses. She developed typical dengue rash of convalescence 3 days after defervescence (Fig. 2). Her dengue serology IgM and IgG were positive, suggestive of secondary...

Skin rash in novel H7N9 influenza infection: a concern

Photosensitive erythematous skin rash.

Volume 88, Number 7 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 457 A 41-year-old man presented with a painful, erythematous, erosive, and scaly rash. It was symmetrically distributed over sun-exposed areas, involving his face, neck, dorsum of his hands and feet, and upper back (Figures 1 and 2). The rash and frequent loose stools had been present for several months. Neuropsychiatric evaluation ...

Skin rash following levetiracetam

A 19-year-old woman had secondary generalized seizures for 18 months due to a calcified parietal granuloma. She was treated with phenytoin (PHT) and sodium valproate. PHT was replaced with LEV 500 mg twice daily because of a recurrence of seizures. Having taken LEV for 10 days, she developed a generalized maculopapular itchy rash which spared the mucous membranes. LEV was stopped and she was pr...

Gemcitabine induced skin rash.