A 10-year follow-up of children having exanthem subitum (ES) seen in an outpatient paediatric clinic, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia shows that uvulo-palatoglossal junctional (UPJ) ulcer is a reliable early clinical sign of ES. During this period, 1,977 children (1,086 males, 891 females) had adequate follow-up from the age of 3 months to 24 months old. 897 children (478 males, 419 females) were noted ...

We screened sera from 370 patients suffering from exanthematous illnesses in Belém, North Brazil, for the presence of human herpesvirus-7 (HHV-7) IgM and IgG antibodies. Samples were obtained from January 1996 to December 2002 and were processed by a HHV-7-specific indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA). HHV-7-specific IgM and/or IgG antibodies were found in 190 (51.4%) of these patients, with...

<b>Hintergrund:</b> Die Symptome der Coronavirus-Infektion 2019 (COronaVIrus Disease 2019, COVID-19) fallen bei Kindern weniger schwer aus als Erwachsenen. Allerdings liegen zunehmend Berichte über schwere pädiatrische COVID-19-Fälle vor, darunter Patienten mit Kawasaki-Syndrom (KS) oder einem multisystemischen Entzündungssyndrom (multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, MIS-C...

A common clinical dilemma is distinguishing maculopapular exanthem (MPE) with systemic symptoms from severe cutaneous drug reactions, such as drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS). Drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis (DI-AIN) MPE can be especially challenging to differentiate DIHS renal involvement. It crucial distinguish DI-AIN the prognosis and treatment differ. Our goal was est...