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A nurse is caring for an infant in an outpatient pediatrician's office.
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🔶 Lymphadenopathy (particularly postauricular and suboccipital) is a hallmark of rubella (German measles).
🔶It often presents before or during the appearance of a fine pink rash and is a distinguishing feature among pediatric viral exanthems.
🔶 A red rash on the face is shared across fifth disease, measles, and rubella.
🔶 In fifth disease, it's described as a “slapped cheek” appearance. In measles, the rash begins on the face and spreads downward. In rubella, it is typically lighter and shorter in duration.
🔶 Fever is most consistently elevated in measles (rubeola), often spiking to over 104°F, and is part of the prodrome that includes cough, coryza, and conjunctivitis.
🔶 White spots on the buccal mucosa are known as Koplik spots, which are pathognomonic for measles.
🔶They typically appear 1–2 days before the skin rash and are located near the molars.
🔶 This pattern of findings—fever, lethargy, Koplik spots, rash—strongly aligns with measles, while some features like rash and lymphadenopathy also cross into rubella and fifth disease.
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