Measles (Morbilli): Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99).

  • Drug exanthema such as may occur after taking certain antibiotics such as ampicillin

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Exanthema subitum (three-day fever).
  • Erythema infetciosum (ringworm)
  • Infections with pathogens such as enterovirus.
  • Mononucleosis (synonyms: Pfeiffeŕsches glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis, mononucleosis infectiosa, monocytenangina or kissing disease, (Student́s) kissing disease, called) – common viral disease caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV); this affects lymph nodes, but can also affect the liver, spleen and heart.
  • Rubella (German measles)
  • Scarlatina (scarlet fever)

Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).

  • Kawasaki syndrome – acute, febrile, systemic disease characterized by necrotizing vasculitis (vascular inflammation) of small and medium-sized arteries.