title: Recent upper respiratory tract infection and pityriasis rosea: a case-control study of 249 matched pairs.
abstract: A sample of 249 patients was drawn from an original population of 939 patients with pityriasis rosea identified in an earlier population-based study of pityriasis rosea in Rochester, Minnesota. A control was selected for each case, matched for age, sex, and year of diagnosis. Comparison was made with regard to recent immunization, history of atopy, and recent infection. A statistically significant number of patients had experienced recent upper respiratory tract infection (P less than 0.005). The association between recent infection and pityriasis rosea is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000150:complications; D007114:Immunization; D008297:Male; D010915:Pityriasis / Q000209:etiology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications*