title: Laboratory testing in patients with morbilliform viral eruptions.
abstract: The explosion of immunologic testing capabilities over the past 20 years has enabled clinicians to accurately diagnose many conditions that previously were very difficult to identify solely on a clinical basis. Among these disorders are the viral exanthems. Infections with some of these viruses are of relatively little import (erythema infectiosum), whereas others have more significant consequences (HIV, cytomegalovirus). Clinical suspicions may be pursued more fully now, sometimes even in an office setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D016731:Erythema Infectiosum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005077:Exanthema Subitum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D008457:Measles / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D018185:Morbillivirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012409:Rubella / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal