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Impetigo:clinical symptoms
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Erosions with golden honey colored crust
small vesicles or pustules |
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Imetigo: cause
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Staph. Aureus (most) Stept. Pyogenes (group A b-hemolytic)
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imetigo treatment
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Topical antibacterial cream (Mupirocin)
If widespread, oral antibiotics (dicloxacillin, cephalexin, erythromycin) Topical antibacterial cream (Mupirocin) If widespread, oral antibiotics (dicloxacillin, cephalexin, erythromycin) Topical antibacterial cream (Mupirocin) If widespread, oral antibiotics (dicloxacillin, cephalexin, erythromycin) |
testing: gram stain
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Bacterial Folliculitis : symptoms
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Erythmatous papules around hair follicles, slighly pruritic or tender
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Bacterial Folliculitis : agent
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Staph Aureus
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Bacterial Folliculitis treatment
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Topical antibacterial cream (Mupirocin)
If widespread, oral antibiotics Prevention: Antimicrobial washes, bleach baths |
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Hot Tub Folliculitis: symptoms
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diffuse folliculitis
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Hot Tub Folliculitis: agent
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pseudomonas aertuginosa from hot water not well cholrinated
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Hot Tub Folliculitis: treatment
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Self limited; don't usually need to treat… can give Antibiotics - ciptroflaxin
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Furuncles: description
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inflammatory tender nodule or abcess around a follicle
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Carbuncle: descrption
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deeper infection of connected abcesses
Tender, fluctuant, red, nodular |
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Cause of Furuncle/Carbuncle
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Staph. Aureus
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Treatment of Furuncle/Carbuncle
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hot compress to drain or surgical drainage.
Oral antibiotics if fever. Prevent with antimicrobial wash |
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CA-MRSA: symptoms
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Absess- may look like a spider bite; furunculosis
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Dermatophytosis: agent and mechanism
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Fungal infection by:
Microsporum Trichophyton Epidermophyton - Infect keratinized, nonviable sturctus (stratum corneum, hair, nails) |
Infect keratinized, nonviable sturctus (stratum corneum, hair, nails)
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Dermatophytosis: Tinea pedis symptoms
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athletes foot: "moccasin" scale with hyperkeratisis and toe web maceration
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Dermatophytosis: Tinea unguium symptoms
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discolored nails with debris
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Dermatophytosis: Tinea crurus
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jock itch- erythematous well marginated scaly plaque in groin area
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Dermatophytosis: Tinea corporis
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ring worm- scaly, erythematous plaques with active borders on arms, legs trunk.
Note on face caled tinea faciei |
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Dermatophytosis: tinea capitis
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hyperkeratotic alopetic patch (hair loss on head
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Dermatophytosis treatment:
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Anti-fungal cremes: Azoles or allylamines
Oral antifungal medicines (for hair and nail infections and ones that do not respond to creams) |
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Verruca (warts): symptomns
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hyperkeratotic skin-colored papules
Planatars warts - plaques with seeds (black macules) Variants: Condylomata acuminata (genital warts) Filiform wart |
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Verruca: agent
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Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection of epithelium
HPV causes proliferatoion of spineous layer - hyperkeratosis, papillomatosis |
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Verruca treatment:
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Self resolves in months to years
home remedies: salycilic acid palster, duct tape, Imiquid/Adlara Cryosurgery Electrosurgery/laster Podophyllin |
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Molluscum Contagiosum: symptoms
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Umbilicated dome-shaped (1-3 mm) papules, pinkish in color
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Molluscum Contagiosum: agent
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Molluscum Contagiosum (poxvirus infection of epithelium)
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Molluscum Contagiosum: treatment
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self resolves in up to 2 years
Imiquimod Cantharidin Liquid nitrogen |
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HSV: agent
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HSV1 and HSV2
HSV infection of keratinazed skin or mucous membranes |
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HSV symptoms:
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Painful grouped vesicles or erosions on erythematous base
cold sores stays latent in lymphoid tissue and reactivated |
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HSV treatment
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can use Oral antivirals to prevent
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Varicella Zoster (herpes zoster or shingles): symptoms
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Painful dermatomal vesicles ,crusted papules, erosions
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Varicella agent:
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Reactivation of latent Varicell Zoster virus (chicken pox)
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Varicella treatment:
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ORAL ANTIVIRALS - ASAP
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Scabies symptoms
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Pruritic thread-like burrows concentrated near wrists, gentials, between finger webs, axilla
Diffuse pruritic eruption 4-8 weeks after exp |
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scabies agent
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sarcoptes scabeie hominis
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scabies pathogeneis:
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scabies tunneling into strateum corneum and delayed (type IV) hypersensitvity response
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Scabies: treatment
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Topical creams (scabicides) prefered
oral anti -parasitics clean fomites and treat clost contacts |
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