Skin Microbiology - Viral

Question 1

What are shingles and chicken pox due to?

Answer 1

Varicella Zoster Virus

Question 2

What type of skin lesions are seen during chicken pox?

Answer 2

Macules to papules to vesicles to scabs to recovery

Question 3

Which syndrome causes:
Vesicles and pain in auditory canal and throat
Facial palsy (7th nerve palsy)?

Answer 3

Ramsay- Hunt Syndrome

Question 4

What therapy is used for Herpes Simplex Virus and Variculla Zoster Virus?

Answer 4

Aciclovir

Question 5

What is Molluscum contagiosum?

Answer 5

Fleshy, firm, umbilicated, pearlescent nodules

Question 6

What causes warts/verrucas?

Answer 6

Human papilloma virus

Question 7

Which types of HPV cause cervical cancer?

Answer 7

16 and 18

Question 8

Which types of HPV cause genital warts?

Answer 8

6 and 11

Question 9

Which types of HPV are most common in warts/verrucas?

Answer 9

types 1 to 4

Question 10

What is Herpangina?

Answer 10

Blistering rash of back of mouth

Caused by enterovirus

Question 11

What causes Family outbreaks and is caused by Enteroviruses (especially coxsackie viruses)?

Answer 11

hand, foot and mouth disease

Question 12

What is caused by parvovirus B19?

Answer 12

slapped cheek disease (Erythema infectiosum)

Question 13

What is “Orf”?

Answer 13

Virus of sheep “scabby mouth”

Firm, fleshy nodule on hands of farmers

Question 14

What is caused by Treponema pallidum?

Answer 14

syphilis