Chapter 163- Exanthematous viral diseases Part 2 Flashcards
Common, self-limiting exanthem, with peak age of onset at ___, often due to viral infections
Gianotti-Crosti syndrome
1-6 years old
Adult cases almost exclusively occur in women.
True or False
True
Host risk factors associated with Gianotti Crosti syndrome (2)
Young age
History of atopic dermatitis
Most common cause of GCS (2)
EBV
Hep B
Bacterial pathogens associated with GCS (4)
M. Pneumoniae
Borrelia burgdorferi
Bartonella henselae
Group A beta hemolytic Streptococcus
Most common accompanying symptom of GCS
Pruritus
Cytomegalovirus is also known as
HHV5
Major cause of hearing loss
Congenital infection
Most common congenital viral infection in humans
Human cytomegalovirus
Nearly all HIV-infected patients are infected with HCMV.
True or False
True
Significant cause of morbidity in bone marrow transplant and solid organ transplant recipients
Human cytomegalovirus infection
55% of maternal secondary HCMV infection of HCMV immune woman during pregnancy results in intrauterine infection of fetus.
True or False
False, maternal primary infection
After congenital HCMV infection, approximately ___% of symptomatic and ___% of asymptomatic children have hearing loss
50%
10%
Perinatal human CMV transmission occurs via (3)
Cervical secretions
Breastmilk
Blood transfusion
Unlike EBV mononucleosis, HCMV mononucleosis do not have (3)
Pharyngitis
Lymphadenopathy
Heterophile antibodies