Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome

Gianoti-Crosti syndrome has distinctive clinical picture with the papular symmetric eruptions on the limbs and the face (papular acrodermatitis of childhood). The condition may be associated with viral infections (hepatitis A,B,C, rotavirus, ebstein-barr virus, rubella virus, cytomegalovirus, coxackie A16, B4 and B5 viruses, adenovirus, enterovirus, respiratory viruses, parvovirus B19), bacterial infections (group A  beta-hemolytic streptococci, mycobacterium avium-intracellulare) or with immunizations (polio vaccine, diptheria).

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