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UW 9/1/15
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Rickettsia rickettsii
- Dermacentor Wood Tick
- Endemic to East Coast
- Fever
- Headache
- Rash Starts on Wrist and Ankle
- Rash migrates towards the trunk
- Thrombocytopenia
- Hyponatremia
- Elevated liver enzymes
59 secs
Rubella
- Characteristics
- RNA Virus
- Togavirus
- Enveloped
- Icosahedral
- SS Positive Linear
- Signs and Symptoms
- German Measles or Three-Day Measles
- Fever
- Postauricular Tenderness
- Lymphadenopathy
- Truncal Rash
- Arthritis
- Congenital TORCH Infection
2 mins
Erythema Infectiosum (Fifths Disease)
- Mechanism
- Human Parvovirus B19
- Signs and Symptoms
- Cold-like Symptoms
- Three Stage Rash
- Slapped Face
- Maculopapular Red Spots on Trunk
- Rash Reappears
- Considerations
- Aplastic Crisis
- Joint Pain and Swelling
2 mins
Roseola
- Exanthem
- Herpesvirus 6
- Enveloped
- Double Stranded DNA
- Linear
- Signs and Symptoms
- High Fevers Can Lead to Seizures
- Diffuse Macular Rash After Fever
1 min
Rubeola Virus
- Characteristics
- RNA Virus
- Paramyxovirus
- Signs and Symptoms
- Measles
- Rash Spreads From Head to Toe
- Koplik Spots First
- Red Spots with Blue-White Center on Buccal Mucosa
- Cough
- Coryza
- Conjunctivitis
- Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
- Giant Cell Pneumonia in Immunosuppressed Patients
- Warthin-Finkeldey Multinucleated Giant Cells
- Treatment
- Vitamin A
3 mins
Kawasaki Disease
- Cause
- Acute Vasculitis
- Assessment
- Acute Phase
- High Fever
- Conjunctivitis
- Strawberry-Red Tongue and Mucosa
- Erythema and Edema of Hands and Feet
- Subacute Phase
- Desquamative Skin Rash
- Interventions
- Aspirin
- Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)
- Antipyretics
- Considerations
- Coronary Aneurysm
- Children < 5 Years old
2 mins
