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DOI :https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.d.13056441.2015.78/1.23-32   IUP :https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.d.13056441.2015.78/1.23-32    Full Text (PDF)

Evaluating rash in febrile children

Muhammet Ali Varkal, İsmail Yıldız, Emin Ünüvar

Fever accompanied by rash is a common complaint in pediatric practice. Mostly these conditions are caused by different viruses and self-limited. But, it may also be the first and only sign of serious and life-threatening bacterial infections, like meningococcemia and bacterial sepsis. The most important step in the diagnostic process is a detailed clinical examination. A detailed physical examination can easily lead the physician to the correct diagnosis. The rash in children is often maculopapular and nonspecific. However a petechial rash should be evaluated as meningococcemia until the contrary is proven. Most common diseases presenting with fever and rash are measles, rubella, scarlet fever, erythema infectiosum, roseola infantum, Epstein-Barr virus infection, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections, Kawasaki disease and for our country Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

Keywords: Fever;child, rash, infection
DOI :https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.d.13056441.2015.78/1.23-32   IUP :https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.d.13056441.2015.78/1.23-32    Full Text (PDF)

ÇOCUKLARDA ATEŞLİ DÖKÜNTÜLÜ HASTALIKLAR

Muhammet Ali Varkal, İsmail Yıldız, Emin Ünüvar

Çocuklarda ateşli döküntülü hastalıklar sık görülür ve önem taşır. Birçoğunda etken virüslerdir ve kendilerini sınırlandıran hastalıklardır. Ancak daha az sıklıkta olan bakteriyel sistemik hastalıklar hayati risk taşır. En riskli hastalık menengokoksemi, bakteriyel sepsis vakalarıdır. Ateşli döküntülü hastalıklarda tanıda en önemli adım klinik muayenedir. Klinik muayene ile birçoğunda doğrudan tanıya gidilebilir. Birçoğu makülopapüler döküntülü hastalıklardır. Ateşli bir çocukta peteşiel döküntüler aksi ispat edilinceye kadar menengokoksemi bulgusu olarak kabul edilmelidir. Bu grup içinde kızamık, kızamıkçık, kızıl, suçiçeği, eritema enfeksiyosum, roseola infantum, Epstein-Barr virüs enfeksiyonları, sitomegalovirüs (CMV) enfeksiyonları, Kawasaki hastalığı ve ülkemiz için Kırım-Kongo kanamalı ateşi önemlidir.

Keywords: Ateş, çocuk, döküntü, enfeksiyon

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Varkal MA, Yıldız İ, Ünüvar E. Evaluating rash in febrile children. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine [Internet]. 7 Jun. 2025 [cited 7 Jun. 2025];78(1):23-32. Available from: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.d.13056441.2015.78/1.23-32 doi: https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.d.13056441.2015.78/1.23-32


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