a mother bring her 3 year old daughter to the emergency room due to a fever and

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a mother bring her 3 year old daughter to the emergency room due to a fever and rash. she reports the child had a fever of 99 to 100 for the past two days. the three year old recently began attending daycare so the mother assumed she picked up something there. she was treating the fever with age appropriate Tylenol. in the last 24 hours she noticed a sandpaper-like rash on the child's cheek. the rash spread to the chin and neck and began to look wrinkly in appearance. the mother became alarmed this evening when washing her daughter face as the wrinkling skin began to rub off exposing the lower layer which was red and weepy. she rushed her to the emergency room. the affected skin is red and warm to the touch and tender. what is this infection called and what organism is responsible for it? a mother bring her 3 year old daughter to the emergency room due to a fever and rash. she reports the child had a fever of 99 to 100 for the past two days. the three year old recently began attending daycare so the mother assumed she picked up something there. she was treating the fever with age appropriate Tylenol. in the last 24 hours she noticed a sandpaper-like rash on the child's cheek. the rash spread to the chin and neck and began to look wrinkly in appearance. the mother became alarmed this evening when washing her daughter face as the wrinkling skin began to rub off exposing the lower layer which was red and weepy. she rushed her to the emergency room. the affected skin is red and warm to the touch and tender. what is this infection called and what organism is responsible for it? a mother bring her 3 year old daughter to the emergency room due to a fever and rash. she reports the child had a fever of 99 to 100 for the past two days. the three year old recently began attending daycare so the mother assumed she picked up something there. she was treating the fever with age appropriate Tylenol. in the last 24 hours she noticed a sandpaper-like rash on the child's cheek. the rash spread to the chin and neck and began to look wrinkly in appearance. the mother became alarmed this evening when washing her daughter face as the wrinkling skin began to rub off exposing the lower layer which was red and weepy. she rushed her to the emergency room. the affected skin is red and warm to the touch and tender. what is this infection called and what organism is responsible for it?

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This infection is called Chicken pox .
Varicella zoster virus is the organism responsible for it .

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