Soldier With Widespread Dermatologic Outbreak - Page #2
 

Broad Differential Diagnosis:
Initial working diagnosis (after admission to ward by family medicine inpatient team): <br>Boot dermatitis (irritant versus allergic) with clear secondary impetiginization and concern for possible herpetic overlay <br> <br>Truncal/upper extremity involvement initially attributed to a brisk resultant id eruption <br> <br>Others diagnoses considered: <br>Eczema herpeticum, autoeczematization reaction, active varicella zoster virus infection, disseminated HSV infection, acute generalized exanthematous pustulous, bullous tinea, chronic tinea pedis, and rubeola <br> <br>No evidence of duskiness or mucosal involvement <br>Stevens-Johnson’s Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrosis were not likely but included on initial differential

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