An epidemic of infantile papular acrodermatitis (Gianotti-Crosti syndrome) due to Epstein-Barr virus.
Five out of twelve 13- to 15-month-old children, attending the same class of a crèche in Forlì (Italy), presented infantile papular acrodermatitis (Gianotti-Crosti syndrome), associated with lymphocytosis and evidence for a recent Epstein-Barr virus infection. This cluster may be due to two facts: (1) the long and close contacts among the patients and (2) the concurrent immunization with a combined diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-poliomyelitis vaccine from 2 to 6 weeks previously.
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Department of Dermatology, Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
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Righini
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D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008218:Lymphocytosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections