Ch 5 Bacterial infections Flashcards
- superficial skin infection
- affects 2-6 year olds
- close contact sports such as rugby regardless of age
Impetigo
what bacteria are associated with impetigo?
- streptococcus pyogenes and staphlococcus aureus
- non-bullous associated with group a
- bullous SA
how is impetigo tranmitted?
direct contact with nasal carriers
treatment of impetigo
- non-bullous form: topical mupirocin
- bullous form usually requires 1-week course of systemic antibiotics
tonsillar plug
usually come out on their own,
they are pretty common
what bacteria causes syphilis?
-Treponema Pallidum (sexually transmitted)
how is syphilis treated?
-easily treated with antibiotics (IM benzathine penicillin)
when is syphilis infectious?
can always be transmitted during pregnancy
-highly infectious only during first two stages
Chancre associated with…
Syphilis-primary
- at point of intial exposure to spirochete: 10-90 days after exposure (external genitalia and anus-oral rare)
- firm painless skin ulceration
- may persist 4-6 weeks
- regional lymphadenopathy
- may go into secondary before the chancre is gone
secondary syphilis
- 1-6 months after primary (common 6-8 weeks)
- flu like symptoms
- most contagious stage
- MUCOUS PATCH
- condyloma lata (rash becomes flat broad whitish in moist areas of body)
- optic neuritis and interstitial keratitis
- cutaneous rash
if a patient has a “mucous patch”
they have secondary syphilis
condyloma lata
associated with 2ndary syphilis,
-many flat broad whitish rash
latent-syphilis
serologic proof without signs or symptoms of disease
-early (less than 2 years after initial infection ) more contagious than late-single IM injection of long actng penicillin
tertiary syphilis
- 1-10 years after initial infection
- leutic glossitis
neurologic syphilis
-tabes dorsalis-(locomotive ataxia) disorder of the spinal…not really going to be seen, they would have to be untreated