Question

A 9-month old baby with a macular rash is brought to the hospital. parents report that the rash started on the face, spread to the rest of the body, and was preceded with coldlike symptoms. there are small reddish spots in the baby's mouth. what is the diagnosis? a 9-month old baby with a macular rash is brought to the hospital. parents report that the rash started on the face, spread to the rest of the body, and was preceded with coldlike symptoms. there are small reddish spots in the baby's mouth. what is the diagnosis? smallpox rubeola chickenpox shingles

Answer 1

The answer would be rubeola

The small reddish spots in the baby's mouth could be Koplik's spots that were pathognomonic for rubeola. The infection also causes reddish spots/rash that starts from face to the body with flu-like symptoms. All of them is the signs of rubeola(also known as measles) infection.