bacterial infectionns Flashcards
how does impetigo present?
honey crusted lesions
plaque like yellow exudate
casutive agents
s. aureus
s. pyogenes
who
children
usually on the face
management
topical antibotics -
fusidic acid/mupirocin
fluoxcacillin
what is ersipleglas?
infla of dermis usually have fevershaking headache infection
raised demarcated edges painfull rashblisteers
usually at site of skin damage
cellulitis
nflammation of skin and subcut tissue s.aureus, s.pyogenes, animal bites
heat with !!!! tenderness swelling site of penetration
manage with iv fluxoacillin
unless not shystemically unwell then oral flucloaxillin should be OK
chicken pox cause
varicella virus in infancy if reinfected known as shingles often in dermatosomal regions weeping vescular rashes treat with acyclvior
herpes simplex 1 and 2
vesicular formation
cold sores and genital sores respectively
can give acyclivor topical and oral for the two respectively
what can tb be dinvidied into
verrucosa cutis - purplish brown red warty growth
lupus vulgaris - apple jelly nodules
intertrigo
rash n body forms - armpits, under breast, gentaal, abdo
causes
tinea
candidia
psoriasis
what can cellilutis be associated wth
diabetes
athletics foot
venous eczema
what can HIV be associated with
Kaposi sarcoma
cancre
kerion tinea capitis
scabies ahwat are they
mite infestation sarcoptes scabiei in skin rustng, scaling, intense itchness in fingers toes silverly lines contagious management with permethrin dermal cttream maltion
headlic cause and management
wet combing pesticidies
pediculus humaucs capitis