History Taking and Management of a Child Presenting with Skin Rash

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).