I am posting this from a CME site: A Pustular Rash and Fever in a 45-Year-Old Woman:A 45-year-old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 2-day history of an acute-onset, mildly pruritic rash. The rash started in her axillae and groin and has since progressed to the rest of her body. She then developed a fever this morning. She was diagnosed with pneumonia 4 days ago and has been taking azithromycin since that time. !
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I am posting this from a CME site: A Pustular Rash and Fever in a 45-Year-Old Woman:A 45-year-old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 2-day history of an acute-onset, mildly pruritic rash. The rash started in her axillae and groin and has since progressed to the rest of her body.
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