Exanthema subitum: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
By Dr. Imani Hamilton, MD · · Infectious Disease
Our Infectious Disease team put together this overview of exanthema subitum for patients and families.
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Topic: exanthema subitum. A viral infectious disease that results_in infection in infants and children, located_in skin, has_material_basis_in Human betaherpesvirus 6B (Roseolovirus humanbeta6b) or 7 (Roseolovirus humanbeta7) and has_symptom sudden high fever, and has_symptom red rash that occurs first on the trunk then spreading to legs and neck.
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- vitamin E supplementation
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