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Areas to focus on: infectious (viral: chicken pox, erythema infectiosum, roseola infantum, measles, rubella, hand-foot-mouth disease, molluscum contagiosum, herpes simplex, pityriasis rosea. Bacterial: impetigo, cellulitis, scarlet fever, staphylococcus scalded skin syndrome. Fungal: candida, tinea. Parasitic: scabies, cutaneous larva migrans), versus non-infectious rashes: inflammatory (atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, diaper dermatitis, intertrigo), drug reaction, systemic disorders (Kawasaki disease, urticaria, psoriasis, Henoch-Schonlein purpura), neonatal rashes (Melia, erythema toxicum neonatorum, neonatal acne, benign cephalic pustulosis).
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Taheri, S., Al Memari, S. (2024). History Taking and Management of a Child Presenting with Skin Rash. In: Lari, S., Al Memari, S., Al Marzooqi, D. (eds) Family Medicine OSCE: First Aid to Objective Structured Clinical Examination. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5530-5_36
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