Fundamentals Of Microbiology 10th Edition by Jeffrey Pommerville

Exercise 16

A young woman was hospitalized with excruciating headache, fever, chills, nausea, muscle pains in her back and legs, and a sore throat. Laboratory tests ruled out meningitis, pneumonia, mononucleosis, toxic shock syndrome, and other diseases. On the third day of her hospital stay, a faint pink rash appeared on her arms and ankles. By the next day, the rash had become darker red and began moving from her hands and feet to her arms and legs. Can you guess the eventual diagnosis