Disseminated vaccinia false alarm

We report the case of a 6-year-old girl who presented in December 2002 with fever and a vesicular rash. Initially she was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome. The differential diagnosis was expanded, however, when an exposure to a person who was believed to be vaccinated recently against smallpo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2003-10, Vol.22 (10), p.925-926
Hauptverfasser:	Peev, Milen, Weber, Stephen G, Daum, Robert S, Garcia-Houchins, Sylvia, Marcinak, John
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Biopsy, Needle Child Diagnosis, Differential Erythema Multiforme - diagnosis Female Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Medical sciences Risk Assessment Smallpox - prevention & control Smallpox Vaccine - adverse effects Smallpox, monkey pox, tanapox Stevens-Johnson Syndrome - diagnosis Tropical viral diseases Vaccinia - diagnosis Viral diseases Viral diseases with cutaneous or mucosal lesions and viral diseases of the eye
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Zusammenfassung:	We report the case of a 6-year-old girl who presented in December 2002 with fever and a vesicular rash. Initially she was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome. The differential diagnosis was expanded, however, when an exposure to a person who was believed to be vaccinated recently against smallpox was revealed. We describe the sequence of events that ensued and the workup for a possible case of disseminated virus.
ISSN:	0891-3668 1532-0987
DOI:	10.1097/01.inf.0000091391.14809.3d