DD infectious Diseases with Xanthama, Report prepared by 1. Dr. Sajid Mahmood, MD (EU), Accident & Emergency Department, NHS Royal infirmary Liverpool United Kingdom. 2. Dr. Adnan Akram, MD (EU), Department of Infectious Diseases. University Hospital Riga

D/D of infectious diseases with exanthema. W – 20 pg-1 Exanthema are characterized by generalized eruption or rash mainly in the skin. (A) Macular papular rash Causative agent Disease Site Specific Characteristics VIRUS (1) EBV Infectious mononucleosis... More

D/D of infectious diseases with exanthema. W – 20 pg-1 Exanthema are characterized by generalized eruption or rash mainly in the skin. (A) Macular papular rash Causative agent Disease Site Specific Characteristics VIRUS (1) EBV Infectious mononucleosis Trunk May resemble measles accompanied by palatine exanthema (2)Rubeola RNA Paramyxovirus Measles Forehand going to upper body ,lower body & distal extremities after sometime. Fades in cephalocaudal direction. Red copperbrown. (rash appears in days-DD with rubella) Palatine exanthema & koplik spots in buccal mucosa. 1mm macules (3)Rubella. RNA virus German measles frontal & retroauricular Then spreading over body & limbs. Rash appears in hours DD with rubeola (1)Chlamydia psittaci Psittacosis Trunk Faint macules occasionally erythema nodosum or erythema multiforme Bacteria (1)Listeria monocytogenes Listeriosis Trunk & legs Red macules undergoing central necrosis with formation of pustules (2) Salmonella Gr- Typhoid fever Abdome Less