Bacterial Infections Of The Skin And Eye

Question 1

Folliculitis

Answer 1

S. aureus & S. epidermidis
Transmission: direct contact or fomites

Question 2

Scalded Skin Syndrome

Answer 2

S. aureus

Question 3

Impetigo

Answer 3

S. aureus
Small flattened red patches

Question 4

Erysipelas

Answer 4

Streptococcus pyogenes
Infection spreading to lymph nodes

Question 5

Necrotising fasciitis

Answer 5

S. pyogenes
Transmission: person to person, break in skin
20% fatality

Question 6

Acne

Answer 6

Propionibacterium acne
Transmission: normal

Question 7

Cat scratch fever

Answer 7

Bartonella henselae
Transmission: cat scratch, bite or fleas

Question 8

Pseudomonas infection

Answer 8

Pseudomonas aeroginosa, opportunistic pathogen
Transmission: gets into wound or inhaled
Problems: creates biofilm and antimicrobial resistance

Question 9

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Answer 9

Ricketts rickettsii
Transmission: tick bite, 50% develop petechia/SQ hemorrhage

Question 10

Cutaneous Anthrax

Answer 10

Bacillus anthracis
Transmission: entry of endoscope into wound, found in soil

Question 11

gas gangrene

Answer 11

Clostridium species or C. perfringens
Transmission: spores into tissue w/ poor circulation, 40% mortality