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Stem cells for division in the skin
S. Basalis
Site for superficial dermatophye infections
S. Corneum
Melanocyte cellular origin
Neural crest
Melanin is synthesized from _______ in the the melanosomes
tyrosine
Melansomes transferred by dendritic processes to _______ (their final home)
Keratinocytes
See melanosomes in all layers;
melanocytes larger/more dendritic processes
Black person
Common wart caused by
HPV
Poxvirus;
Umbilicated lesion with viral particles;
Molluscum contagiosum
Molluscum contagiosum is esp common in what pop
AIDS
Rubeola
Regular Measles
Prodrome of measles
3C's

Cough
Coryza (runny nose)
Conjuctivitis
Koplik spots
Measles
spots are white overlying erythematous base
In measles when does the rash appear
After koplik spots disappear
Complications of Measles
Giant cell pneumonia
Acute Appendicitis (Children)
Otitis Media
[Not Teratogenic]
Maculopapular rash with discrete lesion;
not confluent; fades in 3 days
Begins at hair line at heads down
Rubella (German Measles)
Characteristic:
Postauricular Lymphadenopathy
Rubella
Is Rubella teratogenic
YES

(unlike Measles)
Parvovirus
Slapped Face
Erythema Infectiosum (5th dz)
HHV6;
Most common viral exanthem in Children <2 yoa;
Common cause of febrile convulsions
Roeola Infantum
Infectious time frame of varicella
Week before Rash
Week after rash until vesicles become crusted
Pruritic rash of Varicella progresses how
Macules to Vesicles to Papules

(MVP)
Complications of Varicella
Children:
Reye Syndrome
Cerebritis

Adults:
Pneumonia,
Encephalitis
Hepatitis
Herpes zoster risk factors
Incidence increases with age
Cancer
Immunocompromised
Painful vesicles/pustules follow sensory dermatomes
Herpes zoster
Gram+ coccus in clumps
S. aureus
Gram+ coccus in clumps
Toxin producing desquamating sunburn like rash
TSST
Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin
1º cause of skin abscess
S. aureus
1º cause of postsurgical wound infections
S. aureus
1º cause of hidrandenitis
S. aureus
1º cause of impetigo
S. aureus
Swollen painful, inflamed apocrine glands in axillae or groin
Hallmark: Presence of sinus tracks
Hidradenitis suppurativa
Honey-colored, crusted lesion
Impetigo caused by S. aureus

(sometimes caused by S. pyogenes)
Gram-, coccus in chains
S. pyogenes
Erythematous sandpapery rash that desquamates.

Bug? Dz? Toxin?
S. pyogenes
Scarlet fever
Erythrogenic toxin
Increased risk of these conditions associated with scarlet fever? (2)
Poststerp glomerulonephritis
Rheumatic fever
Type of cellulitis with raised borders that looks like an orange peel
Erysipelas caused by S. pyogenes
Chronic inflammation of pilosebaceous unit
Acne Vulgaris