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Erythema Infectiosum
JAMES W. BARD, MD;
HAROLD O. PERRY, MD
Arch Dermatol. 1966;93(1):49-53.
Abstract
Erythema infectiosum is a mildly infectious and contagious exanthema of assumed viral origin, occurring in children and young adults. Since the disease frequently presents with only the cutaneous eruption, the dermatologist may be the only physician consulted by the patient. The cutaneous expression of this disease is characteristic, beginning with a livid erythema of the cheeks and progressing to a reticulated urticarial pattern on the extremities. This cutaneous pattern permits the diagnosis of this disease even in the absence of an epidemic. Although epidemiologic studies suggest transmission of this disease as an enterovirus, viral studies on five patients failed to demonstrate any viral cause.
Author Affiliations
ROCHESTER, MINN
From the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Section of Dermatology and Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minn.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 11, 1965.
Read at the meeting of the American Medical Association, New York, June 20-24, 1965.
Reprint requests to Section of Publications, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn 55902.
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