Acral-accentuated exanthem in an infant with parechovirus meningitis

Dawn Lee; Sin Wee Loh; Juliet Tan; Jinho Chong

doi:10.1111/pde.13325

Acral-accentuated exanthem in an infant with parechovirus meningitis

Pediatr Dermatol. 2018 Jan;35(1):e20-e21. doi: 10.1111/pde.13325. Epub 2017 Dec 4.

Authors

Dawn Lee¹, Sin Wee Loh¹, Juliet Tan¹, Jinho Chong²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
² Department of Dermatology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

PMID: 29205494
DOI: 10.1111/pde.13325

Abstract

We report a case of an infant who had presented with fever and an acral-accentuated rash, for which his cerebrospinal fluid returned positive for parechovirus. He was treated symptomatically and discharged well, with no long-term complications.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Exanthema / etiology
Female
Fever / etiology
Humans
Infant
Meningitis, Viral / complications
Meningitis, Viral / diagnosis*
Parechovirus / genetics
Picornaviridae Infections / complications
Picornaviridae Infections / diagnosis*