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Common Skin Infections

VIRAL INFECTIONS

Viruses can cause many different appearances on the skin! Rashes or lesions caused by viruses may be -

  •  Macular
  •  Maculopapular
  •  Vesicular
  •  Purpuric
  •  Warty

 

1. Vesicular rashes

Typically rashes with vesicles tend to be caused by one of the following.

  • Herpes simplex
  • Varicella zoster
  • Poxviruses
  • Coxsackie virus
  • Entero/echo viruses