Asymmetric periflexural exanthem of childhood information
Medical condition
Asymmetric periflexural exanthem of childhood
Other names
Unilateral laterothoracic exanthem
Specialty
Dermatology
Asymmetric periflexural exanthem of childhood (APEC), also known as unilateral laterothoracic exanthem, is a rare, self-limited and spontaneously resolving skin rash of the exanthem type with unknown cause that occurs in children.[1] It occurs primarily in the late winter and early spring, most common in Europe, and affecting girls more often than boys.[2]: 400 [3] It is probably viral,[4] but no virus has yet been associated with the condition.
Asymmetricperiflexuralexanthemofchildhood (APEC), also known as unilateral laterothoracic exanthem, is a rare, self-limited and spontaneously resolving...
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toxin-producing staphylococci as the etiologic agent of the fourth childhoodexanthem". American Journal of Diseases of Children. 133 (1): 88–91. doi:10.1001/archpedi...
of the childhood rash called fifth disease or erythema infectiosum, or "slapped cheek syndrome". The name comes from it being the fifth in a list of historical...
numbered classification of the six most common childhoodexanthems. The virus was first described in 1957 at the University of Pennsylvania by Werner et...
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leaving adults vulnerable to more severe disease as the immunity from their childhood immunization wanes. Vaccine coverage in the United States in the population...
chickenpox. In the case of chickenpox, also called varicella, the initial infection with the virus typically occurs during childhood or adolescence. Once...
signal the presence of the disease. Oral manifestations of the disease (enanthem) not uncommonly may precede the external rash (exanthem). In children the...
symptoms similar to those of flu. However, the primary symptom of rubella virus infection is the appearance of a rash (exanthem) on the face which spreads...
fever with sore throat, headache, loss of appetite, and often neck pain. Within two days of onset, an average of four or five (but sometimes up to twenty)...
(also known as a fever blister, oral herpes, and herpes labialis) is a type of herpes infection caused by the herpes simplex virus that affects primarily...
as from cat to human. The transferral of the disease was first observed in dairy workers who touched the udders of infected cows and consequently developed...
risk of acquisition. Atypical symptoms are often attributed to other causes, such as a yeast infection. HSV-1 is often acquired orally during childhood. It...
eradicated and the number of naturally occurring cases fell below the number of vaccine-induced illnesses and deaths, routine childhood vaccination was discontinued...
age of two. The acquisition of HHV-6 in infancy is often symptomatic, resulting in childhood fever, diarrhea, and exanthem subitum rash (commonly known...
contact with HSV-2-infected genitals. Symptoms of herpetic whitlow include swelling, reddening, and tenderness of the infected part. This may be accompanied...
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usually mild and most of those infected will recover within a few weeks without treatment. The time from exposure to onset of symptoms ranges from five...
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