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23 Cards in this Set
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What causes chickenpox, and describe it. |
VZV. Widespread vesicles with red base appearing as "dew on a rose petal," rash spreads centrifugally.
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What causes herpes, and describe it.
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HSV-1,2. Vesicular lesions in mouth/eye or genital/perianal region.
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What causes herpangina, hand-foot-mouth disease, and describe it.
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Coxasackievirus. Red oropharynx vesicles, vesicles on hand/foot/mouth.
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What causes smallpox, and describe it.
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Smallpox virus. Macules form first in the head and later in the extremities, becoming pus-filled vesicles and then crusts.
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What causes molluscum contagiosum, and describe it.
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Molluscum contagiosum virus. Small pink skin tumors with a central dimple often on trunk and anogenital regions.
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What causes rubella, and describe it.
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Maculopapular rash beginning in face and spreading to extremities.
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What causes measles, and describe it.
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Measles virus. Starts at head and progresses to feet, disappearing in the order it appears.
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What causes roseola, and describe it.
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HHV 6. In infants, rash on trunk.
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What causes erythema infectiosum, and describe it.
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Parvovirus B19. "slapped check" appearance.
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What causes scarlet fever, and describe it.
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S. pyogenes. "Sandpaper rash" begins on trunk and spreads outward.
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What causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and describe it.
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R. rickettsii. Maculopapular rash on palms and soles spreading proximally to trunk (centripetal spread)
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What causes epidemic Typhus, and describe it.
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R. prowazekii. Begins on trunk and spreads outward (centrifugal spread) but spares palms, soles, and face.
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What causes Lyme disease, and describe it.
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B. burgdorferi. Erythema chronicum migrans: spreading annular red lesion surrounding clear bite mark.
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What causes secondary syphilis, and describe it.
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T. pallidum. Maculopapular rash on palms and soles.
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What causes anthrax, and describe it.
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B. anthracis. Ulcerous lesion with blackened necrotic eschar.
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What causes tularemia, and describe it.
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F. tularensis. Papule forms and develops into ulcer with black base.
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What causes bubonic plague, and describe it.
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Y. pestis. Cutaneous hemorrhagic necrosis with black color.
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What causes leprosy, and describe it.
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M. leprae. Anesthetized lesions vulnerable to secondary damage.
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What causes sinus tracts, and describe it.
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A. israelii. Sinus tracts form through skin, muscle, bone, organs.
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What causes warts?
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HPV
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What causes sporotrichosis, and describe it.
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S. schenckii. Ulcerating nodules.
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What causes dermatophytoses, and describe it.
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Ringworm (tinea) infection. Inflammation, itching, scaly skin, pustules.
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What causes cutaneous leishmaniasis, and describe it.
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Leishmania species. Skin or mucosal ulcers.
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