Bacterial & Viral Causes of Fever and Skin Rash

Question 1

Causative agent of Lyme disease?

Answer 1

Borrelia burgdorferi (due to tick bites)

Question 2

Manifestations of Lyme disease?

Answer 2

Erythema migrans- concentric rings with bull’s eye appearance

Question 3

Treatment for Lyme disease?

Answer 3

Doxycycline, ceftriaxone

Question 4

Causative agent for Erysipelas

Answer 4

Strep. Pyogenes

Question 5

Rash location for erysipelas

Answer 5

Raised facial butterfly wings

Question 6

Treatment for erysipelas

Answer 6

Penicillin, erythromycin

Question 7

Causative agent for scalded skin syndrome

Answer 7

Pyrogenic exotoxin of Staph. aureus

Question 8

Treatment for scalded skin syndrome

Answer 8

Naficillin, oxacillin, vancomycin in penicillin allergic patients

Question 9

Causative agent for TSS

Answer 9

TSS toxins of Staph. aureus

Question 10

Treatment for TSS

Answer 10

Cloxacillin (IV), rifampicin/fusidic acid

Question 11

Causative agent for Scarlet fever

Answer 11

Strep. Pyogenes

Question 12

Rash of scarlet fever looks like?

Answer 12

Sandpaper-like

Question 13

Treatment for scarlet fever?

Answer 13

Penicillin, clindamycin

Question 14

Causative agent for Secondary syphilis

Answer 14

Treponema pallidum

Question 15

Treatment for secondary syphilis

Answer 15

Penicillin, doxycycline, erythromycin

Question 16

Causative agent for Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Answer 16

Rickettsia rickettsii

Question 17

Treatment for Rocky mountain spotted fever

Answer 17

Doxycycline, chloramphenicol

Question 18

Causative agent for epidemic typhus

Answer 18

Rickettsia prowasekii (PLS DIFFERENTIATE THIS FROM RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII)

Question 19

Treatment for epidemic typhus

Answer 19

Doxycycline/ chloramphenicol + louse control measures

Question 20

Causative agent for scrub typhus

Answer 20

Orientia tsutsugamushi

Question 21

Treatment for scrub typhus

Answer 21

Doxycycline, chloramphenicol

Question 22

Causative agent for molluscum contagiosum

Answer 22

Molluscum contagiosum virus (poxvirus) -DOESNT NEED TREATMENT

Question 23

Causative agent for rubella/German measles

Answer 23

Rubella virus

Question 24

Causative agent for measles/rubeola?

Answer 24

Morbilivirus

Question 25

Causative agent for roseola/sixth disease

Answer 25

Human herpesvirus type 6 and 7

Question 26

Causative agent is varicella-zoster virus, what does it cause?

Answer 26

Chickenpox

Question 27

Epstein-Barr virus causes?

Answer 27

Infectious mononucleosis

Question 28

Coxsackie A virus A16 and enterovirus 71 cause ?

Answer 28

HFMD

Question 29

HFMD’s manifestations?

Answer 29

Painful red blisters

Question 30

Causative agent of erythema infectious/fifth disease?

Answer 30

Parvovirus B19

Question 31

Which diseases can be passed to the foetus by a pregnant woman?

Answer 31

Rubella/German measles and erythema infectious/fifth disease.

Question 32

What brings risk developing shingles (herpes zoster)?

Answer 32

Chicken pox: varicella-zoster virus

Question 33

Which disease causes Koplik’s spots in mouth?

Answer 33

Measles/rubeola

Question 34

Which disease causes black eschar?

Answer 34

Scrub typhus: orientia tsutsugamushi