ch. 5 Flashcards
What does impetigo look like?
amber colored crust
What’s the most common cause of strep throat, tonsillitis?
Virus
Why do people with strep throat get fever?
bc of virus
What causes scarlet fever?
Group A beta-hemolytic strep
What does scarlet fever look like?
strawberry tongue (at first white strawberry, then red
What are pastia’s lines associated with?
Scarlet fever
What do pastia’s lines look like?
transverse red streaks in areas of pressure and skin folds
What’s a common complaint with tonsilloliths?
Bad breath
What does cornebacterium cause?
Diphtheria
What causes Syphilis?
Treponema pallidum
What does primary syphilis have that’s indicative?
Chancre (painless)
What does secondary syphilis have that’s indicative?
Painless lymphadenopathy
Painless rash
Oral mucous patches
What does tertiary syphilis have that’s indicative?
gumma (hole in the palate)
What is the triad for hutchinson’s triad? (syphilis)
Hutchinson’s incisors
Ocular interstitial keratitis
Deafness
What causes gonorhea?
Neiserria gonorrhea
What is scrofula
mycobacteria infection caused by drinking contaminated milk (large cervical lymph node)
What is TB of the skin called?
Lupus vulgaris
What’s the number one “non-healing ulcer” on the tongue?
Squamous cell carcinoma (cancer)
What causes leprosy?
micobacterium leprae
What’s a natural host for leprosy?
Armadillo
What happens to the nose with leprosy?
Collapses the bridge of the nose
What causes noma?
fusobacterium necrophorum
prevotella intermedia
What disease can precede noma?
Measles
What periodontal disease is associated with Noma
NUG
What disease are sulfur granules associated with?
Actinomycosis
What happens with actinomycosis?
The infection goes through the jaw and exits the skin
What bug causes Cat-scratch disease?
Baronella henselae
What’s the most common cause of chronc regional lymphadenopathy in children?
Cat-scratch disease
What is one of the most common health complaints in the US?
Sinusitis
What are the most common predisposing factors for sinusitis?
Allergic rhinitis
upper respiratory tract viral infection
What’s a calcificdation of chronic sinusitis called?
Antrolith
What does sinusitis look like radiographically?
Cloudy sinus
When will a patient feel relief with sinusitis?
When laying down.
How many syphilis patients get tertiary syphilis?
30% of secondary syphilis get tertiary after a period of latency
What’s the most common reportable infectious disease in the US?
Gonorrhea
What are two diseases the Armadillo is a host for?
Leprosy
Paracoccidioidomycosis
