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Microbial Diseases of the Skin Flashcards

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Folliculitis symptoms

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infection of the hair follicle

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folliculitis pathogen

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s aureus

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what is a sty?

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when it is at the eyelid base

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when are furnucles produced?

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spred of infection into surrounding tissues can produce furuncles

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when are carbuncles produced?

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carbuncles occur when multiple furuncles grow together

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Scaled Skin Syndrome pathogen

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staphylococcus auerus strains

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Scaled Skin Syndrome epidemiology

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disease occurs primarilyin infacts

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Scaled Skin Syndrome transmission

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person to person spread of bacteria

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Impetigo (pyoderma) pathogen

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staphlycoccus aeureus

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Impetigo (pyoderma) symptoms

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  • small, flattened red patches on face and limps
  • patches develop into oozing, pus-filled vesicles on a red base
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Impetigo (pyoderma) epidemiology

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occurs mostly in children

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Impetigo (pyoderma) transmission

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person to person contact or via fomites

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erysupelas pathogen

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streptococcus pyogenes

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erysipelas symptoms

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  • reddening on face
  • can be fatal
  • swollen lympth nodes
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erysipelas transmission

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  • person to person
  • fomites
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erysipelas epidemiology

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occurs mainly in the elderly

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Necrotizing Fasciitis - Flesh Eating pathogen

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streptococcus pyogenes

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Pseudomonas Infection pathogen

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Pseudomonas Infection transmission

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can occurs in burn victims

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Pseudomonas Infection symptoms

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  • kills cells
  • destroys tissue
  • triggers shock
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Pseudomonas Infection epidemiology

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usually in burn or cystic fibrosis patients

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RSMF) symptoms

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  • non itchy spotted rash on trunk and appendages
  • fever
  • severe cases cause failure in systems
  • disease follows damage to blood vessels
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RSMF) pathogen

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rickettsia ricketssi

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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RSMF) transmission

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via bite of infected tick

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Cutaneous Anthrax symptoms
eschar—> black, painless ulcer
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Cutaneous Anthrax prevention
control of the disease in animals
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Gas Gangrene transmission
traumatic event must introduce endospores into dead tissue
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Gas Gangrene pathogen
clostridium perfringes
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gas gangrene epidemiology
mortality rate exceeds 40 percent
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Poxviruses pathogen
orthopoxvirus
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Poxviruses transmission
inhalation of virus
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Warts **pathogen**
papillomaviruses
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Chicken Pox and Shingles pathogen
Varicella Zoster Virus
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Chicken Pox and Shingles epidemiology
- virus becomes latent in nerve ganglia - chicken pox occurs mostly in children - risk of shingles increases with age
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Rubella (German or three day measles) symptoms
- children develop a mild rash - congenital infection can result in birth defects or death of a fetus
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Measles **symptoms**
- kopilik’s spots in mouth - subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a rare complication
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Measles transmission
respiratory droplets
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Erythema Infectiosum (slap cheek disease) symtpoms
rash
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Erythema Infectiosum (slap cheek disease) pathogen
erythovirus
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Erythema Infectiosum (slap cheek disease) aka
fifth disease
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Roseola pathogen
HHV6
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Roseola symptoms
rose colored rash
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Roseola epidemiology
affects young children age 6 mo- 2 yo
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coxsackievirus infection pathogen
coxsackie A viruses
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coxsackievirus infection symptoms
lesions like those from herpes infections
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coxsackievirus infection aka
hands foot and mouth disease
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what are mycoses?
- diseases caused by fungi - classified by infection location
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what are piedras?
piedra- irregular nodules on the hair shaft
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superficial mycoses symptoms
hyperpigmented patches of scaly skin and piedras
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superficial mycoses transmission
shared hairbrushes and combs
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cutaneous mycoses symptoms
dermatophytoses - cutaneous infections
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Leishmaniasis cutaneous
large painless skin lesions
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Leishmaniasis visceral
parasite is spread to rest of the body
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Leishmaniasis mucocutaneous
- leasions enlarge to encompass mucous membranes
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Leishmaniasis transmission
female sand fly

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