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13 Cards in this Set
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Habitat
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Skin and nasopharynx
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2 Hosts
Why? |
Normally healthy kids
Developing antibodies Normal healthy adults Exposure to kids |
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Role of crowding
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Easily spread from human to human through respiratory secretions
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Nonspecific symptoms
Specific symptoms |
Fever, malaise, anorexia
Soar throat |
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Nonspecific signs
Specific signs |
Febrile, toxic
Erythema, exudate, swollen, tender |
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Diagnosis
-Gold standard -Why isn't gram stain helpful? |
Culture
Many types of strep |
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Rapid strep tests
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+ = diagnosis
- = depends on situation |
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2 Treatments
Which is best? |
Penicillin V oral for 10 days
Benzathine penicillin G shot Shot is best due to complicit |
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Why do we treat at least 10 days?
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Prevent rheumatic fever
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Consequences
-Supparative -Non-supparative |
-Abscess or lymphadentis
-Scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, glomerularnephritis |
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Prevention
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Prophylaxis for scarlet fever patients to prevent return
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Why is a vaccine problematic?
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It could induce scarlet fever
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Other cause of pharyngitis
Manifestation |
Diptheria
-Layer of dead cells -Heart failure, neuropathy |
