Common Skin Infections
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
