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==Background== | |||
*10d incubation period | *10d incubation period | ||
*3d prodromal period | *3d prodromal period | ||
==Diagnosis== | |||
**URI symptoms: high fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza | **URI symptoms: high fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza | ||
*Rash | *Rash | ||
Revision as of 20:55, 11 June 2012
Background
- 10d incubation period
- 3d prodromal period
Diagnosis
- URI symptoms: high fever, cough, conjunctivitis, coryza
- Rash
- Begins 4 days after onset of symptoms
- Spreads from central to peripheral
- Initially is erythematous and maculopapular; rapidly progresses to confluence (face)
- Lasts 7d
- Koplik spots
- Pathognomonic enanthem
- White to bluish-white lesions w/ red base on buccal mucosa