Disseminated vaccinia false alarm.
We report the case of a 6-year-old girl who presented in December 2002 with fever and a vesicular rash. Initially she was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome. The differential diagnosis was expanded, however, when an exposure to a person who was believed to be vaccinated recently against smallpox was revealed. We describe the sequence of events that ensued and the workup for a possible case of disseminated virus.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, IL, USA.
Milan
M
Peev
Steven G
SG
Weber
Robert S
RS
Daum
Sylvia
S
Garcia-Houchinss
John
J
Marcinak
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004892:Erythema Multiforme / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012899:Smallpox / Q000517:prevention & control; D012900:Smallpox Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects; D013262:Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014615:Vaccinia / Q000175:diagnosis*
D012900:Smallpox Vaccine