2. Dermatologic emergencies

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a. Acute dermatomyositis
b. Angioedema with airway involvement
c. Anthrax
d. Brown recluse spider bite (systemic reaction)
e. Cavernous hemangioma with airway or ocular involvement
f. Cellulitis (hands and feet)
g. Eczema vaccinatum (Kaposi varicelliform eruption)
h. Erysipelas
i. Exfoliative erythroderma
j. Fasciitis
k. Gonococcemia
l. Hereditary angioedema
m. Herpes genitalia in antepartum female
n. Kawasaki disease
o. Meningococcemia
p. Neonatal herpes simplex
q. Nodular melanoma
r. Pemphigus vulgaris
s. Plague
t. Primary luetic chancre
u. Purpura fulminans
v. Rocky mountain spotted fever
w. Smallpox
x. Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
y. Stevens-Johnson syndrome
z. Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)
aa. Varicella/Zoster in immunocompromised patient