Dukes' disease
| Fourth disease | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Filatov-Dukes' disease |
| Specialty | Infectious diseases  |
Dukes' disease, named after Clement Dukes,viral rash.[2] Although Dukes identified it as a separate entity, it is thought not to be different from scarlet fever caused by exotoxin-producing Streptococcus pyogenes after Keith Powell proposed equating it with the condition currently known as staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome in 1979.[2][4]
It was never associated with a specific pathogen,[5] and the terminology is no longer in use.[2] However, a mysterious rash of unknown cause in school children often gives rise to the question of whether it could be Dukes' disease.[6]
Signs and symptoms
Signs and symptoms may include
pigmentation or scaling.[citation needed
]
Diagnosis
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References
- .
- ^ S2CID 35896288.
- Who Named It?
- PMID 367152.
- PMID 1951267.
- ^ "Dukes' return? On the trail of the mysterious rash in school children". Healio, Infectious Diseases in Children. April 2002. Retrieved 19 August 2013.