Table 3.
Infectious causes of fever and rash based on rash type
Rash | Infection |
---|---|
Purpuric | Dengue hemorrhagic syndrome |
Meningococcal infection | |
Viral hemorrhagic fever | |
Rickettsial infection, severe | |
Leptospirosis | |
Maculopapular | Arboviral infection |
Rickettsial infection | |
VHF | |
HIV seroconversion | |
Typhoid | |
Dengue fever | |
Leptospirosis | |
Brucellosis | |
Vesicular | Herpes simplex virus |
Varicella | |
Ulcerative | Chancre: trypanosomiasis |
Eschar: anthrax, African tick typhus | |
Ulcer: leishmaniasis, syphilis, tropical ulcer |