Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD · 4 years ago
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Scarlet fever • Delayed-type skin reactivity to pyrogenic exotoxin Requires prior exposure • Diffuse erythematous eruption that generally 
Scarlet fever
• Delayed-type skin reactivity to pyrogenic exotoxin Requires prior exposure
• Diffuse erythematous eruption that generally occurs with pharyngitis
  - Blanching
  - Many small (1 to 2 mm) papules -> "sandpaper" quality
  - groin and armpits -> trunk/extremities
  - circumoral pallor
  - strawberry tongue
  - Pastia lines = petechial lines in the antecubital fossae and axillary folds

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Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD · 4 years ago
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