Question 160 · LEK · Scarlet fever

The sudden onset of a disease in a child with a high fever, headaches, vomiting, fine spotted rash on the skin, and “raspberry tongue” is the clinical description of:

  1. A. measles.
  2. B. chickenpox.
  3. C. scarlet fever.
  4. D. infectious mononucleosis.
  5. E. diphtheria.
Hint

Pay attention to the tongue appearance and the fine rash appearing within the first day or two of a sudden febrile illness.

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