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Natural growing bacteria of our bodies
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Mcrobiota
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Most superficial layer of skin
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Epidermis
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Deeper layer of skin
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Dermis
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Waterproofing protein in epidermis
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Keratin
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Dermis is composed of what kind of cells
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loosely packed cells, also has sweat glands, sebaceous glands, blood vessels, nerve endings, and hair follicles and protein fibers
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Infection of Hair follicle
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Folliculitis
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If large infection of follicle it is called
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Furuncle (boil)
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If boil or furuncle spreads to surrounding tissue it is called
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Carbuncle
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Most common cause of folliculitis is what
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Staphylococcus
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Staph is what shape
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cluster grapelike
gram-positive cocci |
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Strep is what shapte
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Chains
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what triggers blood clotting
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coagulase
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what breaks down hyaluronic acid between body cells
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hyaluronidase
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what dissolves blood clots to free itself from further infection
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stapylokinase
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what digests lipids alowing it to grow on skin and in oil glands
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lipase
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what breaks down penicillin
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B-Lactamase
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What interferes with anitbody response by binding Fc region of IgG
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Protein A
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what is slime layers--blood clots form and then hides inside
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polysaccharide - capsules
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toxins causes skin to slough off
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exfoliative toxins
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TSS means what
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Toxic Shock Syndrome
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Contaminated objects like clothing and sheets
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Fomites
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What is TSS caused mostly by
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S. aureus
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Bacteria in the blood from boils and infections
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Bacteremia (S. aureus)
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what makes up 90% of bacteria on skin, lacks virulence factors
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S. epidermidis (can be opportunistic, infecting catheters, prosthetic devices
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not a permanent resident but is commonly found on warm moist skin, like armpits and in our nasal passages
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Staphylococcus aureus
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SSSS means what
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Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
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what is SSSS
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reddened wrinkled skin followed by blisters NO BACTERIA
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Necrotizing Fasciitis is what
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intense pain in which bacteria digests muscle,fascia and adipose tissue
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what causes Necrotizing Fasciitis
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S. Aureus mostly..
Also Streptococcus pyrogenes |
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Acne is caused by what
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Propioni bacterium (epidermis)
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Scarring affects what part of skin
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Dermis
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Cat Scratch Fever is caused by what
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Bartonella henselae
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Lipid A attaches to what membrane on gram negatives
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Outer membrane
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Pseudomonas Infection usually infects burn victims and diagnosed by production of what
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pyocyanin (a blue-green pigment)
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Pseudomonas Infection what forms attachments to cell hosts and biofilm formation
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fimbriae and adhesions
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In burned victims what do you have to do to the dead burned skin to allow access of antibiotics
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debridement
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what does Nosocomial mean
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Hospital acquired infections
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is caused by what
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Rickettsia rickettsii
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is carrie by arthropod vectors like what
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ticks
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Rocky MSF is characterized by non-itchy rash where
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palms and soles of feet
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subcutaneous hemorrhages are called what
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petechiae
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Cutaneous Anthrax = Anthrax means what in Greek
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Black
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Cutaneous Anthrax is caused by what
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Bacillus anthracis
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cells die leaving painless, swollen, black crusty ulcer called a what
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eschar
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Gas Gangrene is caused by what
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Clostridium perfringens
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Gas Gangrene is treated by what
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surgically removal of the skin, antitoxins and large doses of IV penicillin
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Herpes Infections herpes means what in Greek
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Creep
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Herpes is caused by what
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HSV Human Simplex Virus I & II
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HSV 1 causes 90% of what
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oral herpes infections
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HSV 2 causes 85% of what
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genital herpes cases
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In the Herpes virus the infected cells fuse with uninfected cells forming what
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syncytium (multinucleated cell)
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What is Herpes virus treated with
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chemotherapeutic drugs which limit the duration of the lesions and viral shedding but does not cure the infection
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Warts are what
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Papillomas - benign growths of epithelium of fingers and toes (seed warts), feet (plantar warts), trunk, face, elbow or legs (flat warts) or the external genitalia (genital warts)
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Warts are caused by what
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Papillomavirum (over 60 strains)
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Genital Warts cause cancers like cervical cancers strains what
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6, 11, 16 and 18
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Genital Warts cause cervical cancer by turning on what
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Oncogens
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Another name for Chicken Pox is what
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Varicella
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Varicella is caused by what
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varicella-zoster virus
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Macules
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flat red spots
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Ppules
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Raised sores
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Vesicles
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Fluid filled sores
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Herpes zoster "belt"
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Shingles
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When do you get Shingles
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Secondary wave of infection later in life usually in adulthood
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What could happen if you give children aspirin who have the chicken pox
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Reyes Syndrome
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What does Reyes Syndrome do?
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It kills the liver and the brain
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What are fungal diseases of the skin
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Mycoses
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What is the water proof protein composing these dead tissues
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Keratin
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Firm Nodules of hyphae and spors that form on hair shafts
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Piedra
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Hypo or hyperpigmentation of skin patches due to an interference of melanin production
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Pityrlasis versicolor
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Pityrlasis versicolor is caused by what
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Malassezia furfur
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Ringworm is called what
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tineas
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caused by 3 types of dermatophytes
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Trichophyton, Microsporum (most common) and Epidermophyton floccosum
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Tinea pedis
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Athlete's foot
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Tinea cruris
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Jock Itch
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Tinea Unguium
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Onychomycosis
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Tinea Corporis
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Body
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Tinea capitis
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Head
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What are tumor-like infections of the skin, fascia (lining of the muscles, and bones of the hands or feet
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Mycetomas
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What are Mycetomas caused from
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Pseudallescheria and Exophiala in the US
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Rose Gardner's Disease is also called what
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Sporotrichosis
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What is Rose Gardner's Disease caused from
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Sporothrix schenckii
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What is the parasitic infectations of the skin caused by sand flies and transmitted through bites
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Leishmaniasis
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Leishmaniasis is caused by what
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Leishmania (intracellular Protozoan)
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Cutaneous Leishmanasis
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Ulcers that leave scars
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Mucocutaneous Leishmanasis
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Lesions of the mouth, nose and throat
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Visceral Leishmanasis
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travels in macrophages and spreads to liver, spleen, bone marrow and lymph nodes 95% fatal if untreated
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Scabies are caused by what
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tiny mites called Sarcoptes scabei
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