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Pharyngitis
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strep
sore throat, painful swallowing, fever, chills, cervical lymph nodes, edema, erythema, exudates, hypertrophy of pharyngeal mucosa |
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Streptococcus sp
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gram + cocci in chains
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scarlet fever
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strep throat with a rash (sandpaper rash - "sunburn with goose bumps"), strawberry tongue
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erysipelas
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painful macular rash ---fiery red
desquamates in 5-10 days |
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impetigo
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strep pyoderma
thick, crusted, golden "honey" yellow lesions" can also be caused by staphylococci (bullous impetigo) |
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cellulitis
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pinkish, indurated
Group A strep m/c in US |
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necrotizing fascitis
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deep subcutaneous infection that results in destruction of fascia and fat
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Toxic shock syndrome
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bacteremia with susceptible strains of strep following deep soft-tissue infection
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Acute glomerulonephritis
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nonsuppurative complication of group A B-hemolytic strep infection
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acute rheumatic fever (ARF)
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systemic immune process occurring 15 weeks after exposure to strep pharyngitis
jones' criteria tx: penicillins, cephalosporins. alt- macrolides |
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Botulism
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clostridium botulinum - spore-forming bacillus
initially visual changes (diplopia, loss of accomodation) ptosis, impaired EOM, fixed dialated pupils, cranial nerve palsies....repiratory paralysis tx - botulinus antitoxin... if resp failure --> intubation and mechanical ventilation |
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anthrax
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bacillus anthracis
gram + aerobic rod tx - cipro or another fluoroquinolone |
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cholera
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vibrio cholerae
hypersecretion of water and chloride ion and a massive diarrhea... death from hypovolemia stool cultures + for Vibrio cholerae from ingestion of contaminated food and water tx- tetracycline, amp, choloramphenicol, tmp/smx |
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tetanus
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clostridium tetani spores
jaw and neck stiffness, dysphagia, irritability, hyperreflexia and muscle spasms (esp in jaw/face) tx- tetanus immune globulin |
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3 types of salmonellosis
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typhoid fever
gastroenteritis bacteremia |
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salmonella infection
gastroenteritis |
fever, N/V, crampy abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea 3-5 days
dx - stool cx |
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shigellosis
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diarrhea, lower abdominal cramps, tenesmus, fever, chills, anorexia, headache
stools loose with mixed vlood and mucus, dx- stool + for leukocytes and RBC.... stool cs + for shigella spp. tx - fluid replacement and tmp/smx |
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diphtheria
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corynebacterium dephtheriae
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