Pediatric Patient with a Rash
A 2 year old fully immunized male with no personal history of chicken pox presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of a rash for one week after returning from a hiking trip in a remote island in Canada. After initially being diagnosed with contact dermatitis, a diagnosis of herpe...
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doaj-c5989f19851d452fb832a25de365ccf52020-11-24T21:50:39ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine1936-900X1936-900X2014-07-0115437237410.5811/westjem.2014.1.19356Pediatric Patient with a RashJared Sutton0Ryan Walsh1Jillian Franklin2Madigan Army Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, WashingtonMadigan Army Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, WashingtonMadigan Army Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tacoma, WashingtonA 2 year old fully immunized male with no personal history of chicken pox presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of a rash for one week after returning from a hiking trip in a remote island in Canada. After initially being diagnosed with contact dermatitis, a diagnosis of herpes zoster was made by confirmatory viral polymerase chain reaction testing. The purpose of this case report is to examine the literature for the incidence and etiology of shingles in children without a prior history of a primary varicella rash outbreak. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/89j9z1bj |
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A 2 year old fully immunized male with no personal history of chicken pox presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of a rash for one week after returning from a hiking trip in a remote island in Canada. After initially being diagnosed with contact dermatitis, a diagnosis of herpes zoster was made by confirmatory viral polymerase chain reaction testing. The purpose of this case report is to examine the literature for the incidence and etiology of shingles in children without a prior history of a primary varicella rash outbreak. |
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