Schneiderman Prelims Vol-I. qxd

EXOGENOUS AGENTS
Bath powder 
BJD 148:171–172, 2003
Rhus lacquer – ingestion resulting in erythema multiforme,
exfoliative erythroderma, morbilliform exanthema 
BJD
142:937–942, 2000
INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS
Acremonium – target-like lesions with central necrosis
Rook p.1375, 1998, Sixth Edition
African trypanosomiasis 
AD 131:1178–1182, 1995
Anthrax – central eschar with surrounding vesicles
J Clin Inf Dis
19:1009–1014, 1994
Brown recluse spider bite
Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis) – disseminated;
ecthyma-like lesions 
Clin Inf Dis 40:988–989, 1053–1054, 2005
Candida – candidal sepsis; disseminated candidiasis
Coccidioidomycosis – erythema multiforme as hypersensivity
reaction in acute coccidioidomycosis 
JAAD 46:743–747, 2002
Coxsackie virus – erythema multiforme-like exanthem 
Tyring
p.460, 2002
Cryptococcal panniculitis – erythema with central
hyperpigmentation 
Cutis 74:165–170, 2004
Ecthyma gangrenosum
Erysipeloid (
Erysipelothrix insidiosa (E. rhusiopathiae))
in neonate – erythema multiforme-like eruption 
J Clin Inf
Dis 24:511, 1997
Fusarium – sepsis Ped Derm 9:62–65, 1992; Fusarium solanae –
target-like lesions with central necrosis 
Rook p.1375, 1998,
Sixth Edition; Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 13:152–161, 1994
Gonococcemia – hemorrhagic pustules with halo of erythema
Rook p.2170–2171, 1998, Sixth Edition; AD 107:403–406, 1973
Hepatitis B – erythema multiforme 
Ghatan p.246, 2002,
Second Edition
Herpes simplex virus
Histoplasmosis 
J Cutan Pathol 29:215–2002
Insect bites
Leprosy – targetoid erythematous plaques 
Eur J Dermatol
11:65–67, 2001
Lyme disease (
Borrelia burgdorferi ) – erythema (chronicum)
migrans 
JAAD 49:363–392, 2003
Meningococcemia
Milker’s nodule (pseudocowpox, bovine papular stomatitis virus) –
starts as flat red papule on fingers or face, progresses to
red–blue tender nodule, which crusts; zone of erythema; may
resemble pyogenic granulomas 
JAAD 44:1–14, 2001; Rook
p.1004, 1998, Sixth Edition; AD 111:1307–1311, 1975
Molluscum contagiosum – molluscum dermatitis 
Acta DV
82:217–218, 2002