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Year : 2017  |  Volume : 3  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 45-47

Maculopapular drug eruption versus maculopapular viral exanthem


Department of Dermatology, JN Medical College, Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital and MRC, Belagavi, Karnataka, India

Date of Web Publication27-Jun-2017

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Bhavana R Doshi
Department of Dermatology, JN Medical College, Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital and MRC, Belagavi, Karnataka
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DOI: 10.4103/ijdd.ijdd_19_17

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Doshi BR, Manjunathswamy B S. Maculopapular drug eruption versus maculopapular viral exanthem. Indian J Drugs Dermatol 2017;3:45-7

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Doshi BR, Manjunathswamy B S. Maculopapular drug eruption versus maculopapular viral exanthem. Indian J Drugs Dermatol [serial online] 2017 [cited 2024 Mar 19];3:45-7. Available from: https://www.ijdd.in/text.asp?2017/3/1/45/209038

Maculopapular skin eruptions are characterized by an erythematous maculopapular rash coinciding temporally with the administration of a drug in the absence of underlying conditions unless it progresses to severe forms which are associated with extensive skin or mucosal involvement. A large number of drugs have been attributed to give rise to such eruptions. It is also one of the most common dermatologic manifestations in certain viral exanthems which are characterized by the prototypic morbilliform/maculopapular rash with or without an exanthem. Maculopapular rash is a common symptom in day-to-day clinical practice, and a large number of consultations and references are attributable to it. However, drugs initiated for the treatment of underlying infections can be a cause of a maculopapular eruption. In such a setting, it is a diagnostic dilemma to differentiate between the two. [Table 1] enlists differences between the two so as to help physicians to differentiate between the two.
Table 1: Differentiating features between maculopapular drug eruption and maculopapular viral exanthem

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Figure 1: Drug-induced maculopapular rash in an adult involving the trunk.

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Figure 2: Viral maculopapular exanthem over the face in a child.

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