Question: Can you identify this condition?

A 4-year-old boy presented with an 8-day history of low-grade fever and diffuse, progressive skin lesions on the face, arms, legs, and buttocks. His trunk, palms, and soles were spared. The lesions were discrete, mild, pruritic, erythematous, monomorphic papules. The patient had suffered an upper respiratory tract infection 2 weeks before.

The most likely diagnosis is

1. Hand, foot, and mouth disease

2. Pityriasis rosea

3. Molluscum contagiosum

4. Gianotti-Crosti syndrome

5. Scabies

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