title: Approach to Patient with a Generalized Rash.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Generalized rash is amongst the most common conditions presented to practicing General Practitioners and common differentials include contact dermatitis, atopic eczema, sun-induced damage, drug eruption and general manifestations of systemic diseases or infections.
  
  
  METHODS
  We illustrate with differential diagnoses our clinical case of a generalized rash in a 55-year-old man with pathognomonic signs of a diagnosis, which has received increasing global concern.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite the array of available laboratory tests, a detailed history and physical examination is still of paramount importance to arrive at the most likely diagnosis for any patient with a generalized skin rash.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3G2, Canada.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3G2, Canada.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soeyonggo
keywords: Generalized rash; public health; secondary syphilis