Smallpox: Difference between revisions
Ostermayer (talk | contribs) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Last reported natural occurrence was in 1977 in Somalia<ref>WHO Archive http://web.archive.org/web/20070921235036/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/smallpox/en/</ref> | |||
==Clinical Features== | ==Clinical Features== | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 6 November 2014
Background
- Last reported natural occurrence was in 1977 in Somalia[1]
Clinical Features
Workup
Differential Diagnosis
Pediatric Rashes
Pediatric Rash
- Atopic dermatitis
- Bed bugs
- Contact dermatitis
- Drug rash
- Erythema infectiosum (Fifth disease)
- Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
- Henoch-schonlein purpura (HSP)
- Herpangina
- Herpes simplex virus (HSV)
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Meningitis
- Measles
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Roseola infantum
- Rubella (German measles)
- Scabies
- Scarlet fever
- Smallpox
- Varicella (Chickenpox)
Treatment
- IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES
- Supportive care
- Vaccination within 72h=effective