Microbiology- Skin And Soft Tissue

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What organisms cause impetigo?

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Staph aureus
Strep pyogenes

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What do honey crusted lesions indicate?

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Impetigo

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Why can you just use a topical antibiotic for impetigo?

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Because it is limited to the epidermix

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If the impetego organism is spread to the dermis...

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echthyma

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What is the organism for hot tub folliculitis?

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pseudomonas aeruginosa (THINK WATER)

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What organism causes gas gangrene?

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Clostridium perfringes

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What organism causes infection with dog/cat bites?

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Pasteurella multocida

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What organism is associated with human bites?

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Eikenella corodens

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What organism causes Leprosy-Hansen's disease?

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Mycobacterium leprae

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What is the organism that causes tinea pedis (atheltes foot)?

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Trichophyton rubrum

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Normal Flora on the skin

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Staph epi/aureus
Propionibacterium
Yeast
Mycobacterium

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How do you collect a skin specimine?

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Do not use a swab unless there is a vesicle
Skin scrapings to take a piece of tissue to submit to lab

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Crack in the skin

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fissure

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flat lesion like a freckle

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macule

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Slightly raised lesion

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papule

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raised area with clear fluid inside

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vesicle

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pus filled lesion

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pustule

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large hard skin lesion

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cyst

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hives, constantly changing skin lesions

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wheal

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Accumulation of sebum/over production of sebum

Hyperkeritination blocks opening of pore

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Acne

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Reaction that occurs when debris is exposed to oxygen

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black head

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closed comadones- only see the white because the skin is covering it

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white head

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Drug that you need specialized training to perscribe because it can cause birth defects

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Acutane

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hair follicle with a staph infection

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furunculosis

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progression of a furuncle

people may carry staph aureus in their nose

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Carbunculosis

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Organism that causes Staphlococcal scalded skin syndrome

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staph aureus toxin

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Local manifestation of a systemic infection where clear vesicles form which look slike a burn

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Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

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Organism that causes toxic shock syndrome

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staph aureus

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Diffuse erythemia that blanches under pressure

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Toxic shock syndrome

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Organism that causes erysipelas

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group A strep

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Fire face but legs are now the most common site

Systemic issues include white cells, fevers

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Erysipelas

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Organism that causes necrotizing fasciitis

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Streptococcus pyogenes

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Tx of necrotizing fasciitis

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remove fascia and hypobaric chambers as fast as possible

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Infected hair follicles caused by being in a hot tub/public pool

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hot tub folliculitis

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Organism that causes hot top folliculitis

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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infection of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue

Use a warm compress to cause vasodilation

Monitor the spread of redness

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cellulitis

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Organism that causes gas gangrene

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Clostridium perfringes

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Tx for gas gangrene

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accumulation of air pockets in the skin upon X-ray

hypobaric oxygen chambers

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organism that infects the skin from a cat scratch

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Bartonella henselae

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organism that results from human bites

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Eikenella corrodens

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Organism that causes Leprosy- Hansen's Disease

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Mycobacterium laprae

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Which type of Leprosy causes humoral immunity and no nerve damage?

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Lepromatous

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Which type of Leprosy causes cellular immunity hypopigmentation and sensory nerve damage

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Tuberculois

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Target lesions caused by which drugs

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NSAIDS, sulfa drugs, phenatoin

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Target lesions can be caused by which diseases/organisms

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herpes simplex, HIV, smallpox vaccine, mycoplasma pnemonae

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Red nodules under the skin caused by Strep, TB, syphillis and Yersinia

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erythemia nodosum

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Diffuse red rash caused by Parovirus B19

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Eythemia infectiosum

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Vesicles on an erythemitous base at different stages

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Varicella

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Virus that stays in the dorsal root ganglia and comes back later as shingles

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Varicella

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Differentiating things about shingles

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Rash is along a certain dermatome
Rash doenst cross midline

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Deep red plaques that are caused by Human Herpes Virus 8

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Kaposi sarcoma

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Symptoms for Rubeola

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C-Cough
C-Conjunctivitis
C- Coryza ( runny nose)

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Organism that causes Molluscum contagisum

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poxvirus

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Organims that causes Verruca vulgaris (warts)

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HPV

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Organism that causes ohychomycosis

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Tinea unguium

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Nail becomes thick yellow, brittle and flakey

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onychomycosis

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Hair loss with itching and scaling in hte area

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Tinea capitus

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Tinea corporis

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ring worm

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Infection on the hand

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tinea manguim

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Most common cause of Tinea pedis

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Trichophyton rubrum

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Organism that causes Tinea versicolor

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Malassezia furfur

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Yeast infection under the breast

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Candidiasis

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Caused by thorns, hay, moss
Subcutaneous mysosis

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Sporothrix schenckii