Boyd A S
Department of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
Dermatol Clin. 1994 Jan;12(1):69-82.
The explosion of immunologic testing capabilities over the past 20 years has enabled clinicians to accurately diagnose many conditions that previously were very difficult to identify solely on a clinical basis. Among these disorders are the viral exanthems. Infections with some of these viruses are of relatively little import (erythema infectiosum), whereas others have more significant consequences (HIV, cytomegalovirus). Clinical suspicions may be pursued more fully now, sometimes even in an office setting.
在过去20年中，免疫检测能力的飞速发展使临床医生能够准确诊断许多以前仅凭临床症状很难确诊的疾病。病毒性疹病就属于这类疾病。感染其中一些病毒相对影响较小（传染性红斑），而感染其他病毒则会产生更严重的后果（如感染HIV、巨细胞病毒）。现在，临床怀疑可以得到更全面的追踪，有时甚至在门诊环境中即可进行。
