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52 Cards in this Set
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the skin is composed of two distinct layers...
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the deeper dermis and the superficial epidermis
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........is an oily lipid secreted by sebaceous glands in the dermis also, has antimicrobial properties
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sebum
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what are common beacteria infecting the skin.......(3)
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Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Propionibacterium
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...........is an infection of a hair follicle that causes the base of the folicle to become red, swollen, andpus filled
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Folliculitis
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folliculitis on this skin is called a..........whereas at the bas of an eye lid it is called.....a
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pimple, sty
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..a...........resultes when folliculitis spreads to surrounding tissue, and where several furuncles join...a ..........is formed
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foruncle, carbuncle
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what are the most common cause of folliculitis?
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Staphylococcus epidermis, and Staphyloccuccus aureus
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a................infection with a strain of S aureus causes cells of the epidermis to separate from one another and from underlying tissue
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staphyloccucall scalded skin syndrome
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........also called pyoderma, is a contagious skin disease caused by S. auereus or streptoccoccus pyogenes
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Impetigo
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Impetigo is characterized.......
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presence of small, red patches that develop into oozing, pus-filled vesicles
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..........results when impetigo spreads to the lymph nodes causing pain, fevor chills
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Erysipelas
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what causes Necrotizing Fasciitis?
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S pyogenes
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Necrotizing Fasciitis is also known as.......
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flesh eating strep
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Acne is caused by...
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propionibacteria, gram positive diptheroids normally found on the skin
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Acne is characterized by
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the presence ofpimples filled with dead bacteria and living leukocytes
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acne can be treated with
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acutane
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what causes cat scratch disease?
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Bartonella henselae, a gram negative aerobic bacillus
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cat scratch disease is characterized by...
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a few days of fever
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Pseudomonas infection is cause by
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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how does Pseudomonas attack, or who is most vunerable?
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it gains entry through burn victims
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anthrax has three distinct clinal manifestations they are?
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gastrointestinal, inhalation, cutaneous
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what causes anthrax?
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Bacillus anthracis
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a solid skin nodule that spreads to form a painless swollen black ulcer by anthrax is called an
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eschar
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.......devlops when blood supply to a tissue is interrupted and is related with gas gangrene
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ischemia
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........can develop in the dead tissue that was once ischemic, caused by Clostridium
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gas gangrene
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what causes small pox?
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poxvirus
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small pox progresses through a series of stages, they are?
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from flat macules, to raised papules, to fluid filled vesicles, to pus filled pustules
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what is another term for smallpox virus?
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variola
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small pox exists in two strains they are?
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variola major, and variola minor
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what are the two type of herpes viruses?
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HSV-1 and HSV-2
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(related to herpes) is a severe infection in the oral cavity
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herpetic gingivostomatitis
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what causes warts?
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Papillomavirus
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genital warts may grow to becom giant protrusions called...
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condylomata acuminata
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what causes chickenpox?
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Varicella-zoster virus
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.......are painful band of lesions caused by the reactivated chickenpox virus, that travels down the nerve they inhabit
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shingles
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this is also known as german measles and three-day measles
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rubella
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..........is a benign disease in children , but deadly to pregnant women
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rubella
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what causes rubella
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rubi virus
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..........also known as reubeola, is one of the more contagious and serious of the childhood viral diseases
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Measles
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measles is associated with.......spots on the mucous membrands of the mouth, and......... a progressive disease of the central nervous system
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Koplik's and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
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what causes measles?
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morbillivirus
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what causes Erythema infectiosum, which is characterized by a mild rash that begins on the face and spreads to the trunk an limbs
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Erythrovirus
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..........are fungal diseasesm, note that fungal diseases are mainley opportunistic
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mycoses
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,,,,,,,,are confined to the hair, nails, and outer layers of the skin, all of which are composed of dead cells filled with keratin
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superficial mycoses
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superficial fungi produce..........an enzyme that dissolves keratin
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keratinase
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......causes hypo or hyperpigmented patches of skin.
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pityriasis versicolor
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..............are cutaneous infections caused by dermatophytes, fungi that feed on keratin and colonize dead layers of skin, nails, and hair
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dermatophytoses
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.........are tumorlike infections of the skin, fascia, and bones of the hands or feet cause by soil fungi
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Mycetomas
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..........is a parasitic protozoan transmitted to humans by sand flies
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leishmania
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there are three forms of sishmaniasis what are they?
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cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral
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what causes scabies?
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Sarcopes scabiei
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....a disease characterized by intesnely itch lesions, by burrowing into human skin and triggering inflammation
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scabies
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