title: Viral exanthems.
abstract: In this monograph I have tried to present several aspects of viral exanthematous diseases that allow for diagnosis. With a systematic approach to the diagnosis, the physician frequently can make a specific diagnosis and nearly always can assign illness to the correct category. Accurate diagnosis is useful because it prevents unnecessary therapy and apprehension in some patients, allows definitive therapy in others, and, most important, it is fun and scientifically rewarding for the physician.
mesh_terms: D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000175:diagnosis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004457:Echovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D004890:Erythema / Q000175:diagnosis; D004892:Erythema Multiforme / Q000175:diagnosis; D005076:Exanthema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005077:Exanthema Subitum / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis; D008457:Measles / Q000175:diagnosis; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D011693:Purpura / Q000175:diagnosis; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D012409:Rubella / Q000175:diagnosis; D012411:Rubella Vaccine; D014036:Togaviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014581:Urticaria / Q000175:diagnosis; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D008458:Measles Vaccine; D012411:Rubella Vaccine