Varicella "Chicken pox"

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  • Facts:
    Varicella-zoster virus
  • History / PE:
    Prodrome

    Mild fever, anorexia, malaise

    Rash

    Generalized, pruritic, "teardrop" vesicular rash
    Lesions often at different stages of healing
    Infections from 24hrs before eruption until lesions crust over
  • See Also:
    Viral exanthems



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July 23rd 2010