[Outbreak of infectious erythema at a urban health center].
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the clinical and serological characteristics of an outbreak of infectious erythema in patients attending the two paediatrics clinics at the Soria Norte Health Centre.


METHODS
Cross-sectional, descriptive study.


METHODS
Paediatrics clinics of the Soria Norte Health Centre.


METHODS
Once the outbreak was suspected, the study was conducted on children with a clinical picture suggesting infectious erythema who attended successively two Soria Norte paediatrics clinics between April and August 1998 and who consented to the analyses.


METHODS
The clinical symptoms, serology, haemogram and evolution of 25 patients were recorded.


RESULTS
25 patients of the total were studied and diagnostic suspicion was confirmed in 84% of the cases. There were no differences between sexes, with an average age of 6.1, SD 2.015. The most constant clinical sign was exanthem on the cheeks, present in 100% of the cases confirmed, followed by 57% exanthem on the trunk and limbs, 9.5% adenopathies and 4.7% temperature. No complications were found in any case.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of this study confirm the existence of an outbreak of infectious erythema in our area. Serological confirmation of an outbreak is useful and can lay the basis for a proper therapeutic and preventive focus (against possible complications). We highlight the generally benign nature of the disease.
Revilla Grande
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Unidad Docente de Soria, Centro de Salud Soria Norte, Soria. javierherranz@arrakis.es
Carro García
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Sánchez de Dios
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Galán Calvo
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Nebreda Mayoral
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D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016731:Erythema Infectiosum / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014504:Urban Health