Roseola differential diagnosis
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Overview
Differential diagnosis
- Roseola, also known as HHV-6 must be differentiated from all other childhood diseases that cause rash, and fever. The following table summarizes the differential diagnosis for roseola.
Classification | Clinical manifestations | |
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Subfamily
alphavirinae |
Herpes simplex type 1 | Vesicular rash, perioral, rarely encephalitis, meningitis. |
Herpes simplex type 2
varicella-zoster virus |
Disseminated vesicular rash at acquisition (chicken pox): localized vesicular rash with reactivation(zoster). | |
Subfamily betavirinae | Cytomegalovirus | Mononucleosi-like illness in healthy adults;
Fever, pneumonia, and Hepatitis in immunocompromised adults. |
Human herpes virus 6 | Acute febrile illness sometimes with rash (roseola infantum), | |
Human herpes virus 7 | May cause febrile illness sometimes with rash ( roseola-like). | |
Subfamily
gammavirinae |
Epstein-Bar virus | mononucleosis, lymphoma, nasopahryngeal carcinoma and hodgkins disease. |
Human herpes virus 8 | Kaposi's sarcoma in immunocompromised. |