Human enterovirus type B (56 serotypes): These include coxsackie A virus type 9; coxsackie B virus types 1-6; echovirus types 1-7, 9, 11-21, 24-27, and 29-33; and enterovirus type 69. The 13 new serotypes reported in 2007 (enterovirus types 79-88, 97, 100, and 101) are probably members of human enterovirus type B. 2 Human enterovirus type C (16 serotypes) The most well known are coxsackie A virus

Varicella is a nearly ubiquitous acquired childhood disease. Infectious complications of varicella can be life- or limb-threatening. These complications appear 3 to 4 days after the appearance of varicella exanthem and are heralded by fever, pain, and erythema of the overlying skin. Airway complications of varicella are rare, rapidly evolving, and, unfortunately, difficult to visualize. We repo...

Coccidioidomycosis occurs in arid and semi-arid regions of the New World from the western United States to Argentina. Highly endemic areas are present in the southwest United States. Coccidioides species live in the soil and produce pulmonary infection via airborne arthroconidia. The skin may be involved by dissemination of the infection, or by reactive eruptions, such as a generalized exanthem...

The examination of her person gave the following results : ?Height, 4 feet 3 inches Par. meas., and she is rather illnourished and pale-looking. Her right leg is somewhat bent, and both upper and lower extremities are covered with a papular exanthem. Head and thorax are quite normal. Mammae well developed, of middle size, secreting a limpid fluid. The skin of the abdomen does not show any silve...

Pityriasis rosea (PR) is a common skin eruption in children that is characterized by a single skin patch that usually evolves into a widespread exanthem after one week. The duration of PR is typically six weeks and the condition is selflimited with excellent prognosis. The diagnosis is established by proper history taking and physical examination of the skin lesions. Laboratory investigations a...

Kawasaki disease is diagnosed when fever lasts for more than 5 days with the presence of four out of five of the following clinical features: bilateral conjunctival congestion, changes in the lips and oral cavity, polymorphous exanthem, changes in peripheral extremities, and acute nonpurulent cervical lymphadenopathy (Nakamura et al., 2012). The average age of onset is 2 years and 90% of patien...