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Chapter 21 Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Eyes Flashcards

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List all of the normal microbiota found in the skin

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  • gram-positive bacteria
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus
    Staphylococci, Micrococci, Corynebacterium and Propionibacteria
  • Actinobacteria (51.8%), Firmicutes (24.4%), Proteobacteria (16.5%), and Bacteroidetes (6.3%).
  • Propionibacterium acnes- acne-causing bacteria
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how microbiota of the skin can invade the body

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an open wound: bacteria can enter the body and cause disease

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Chicken Pox: Symptoms/causative agents

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  • small, pus-filled lesions for 3-4 days located in the face, beck, back, chest and shoulders
  • rupture and scab then heal
  • caused by varicella zoster which remains latent in the body in nerve cells near the spine and can cause shingles later on in life
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Measles: Symptoms/causative agents

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  • transmitted via the upper respiratory tract
  • caused by the rubella virus
  • symptoms resemble a common cold and a rash appears on face trunk and extremities
  • incubation 10-12 days but is almost eliminated in the U.S due to MMR vaccin
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Acne: Symptoms/causative agents

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  • caused by cells shedding higher than normal and mixes with sebum to clog pores and hair follicle
  • inflammatory acne caused by Propionibacterium acnes
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Herpes Virus: Symptoms/Causative Agents

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  • caused by herpes simplex virus
  • HSV1 is transmitted orally or via respiratory tract and causes cold sores
  • HSV2 is transmitted sexually and causes genital herpes
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Roseola: Symptoms/ Causative Agents

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  • mild common childhood disease
  • high fever followed by a rash over body
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Shingles: Symptoms/Causative agents

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  • caused by the varicella-zoster virus
  • after primary infection, the virus enters ganglion nerve cells in the spine and can be triggered by stress or lower immunity
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Buruli ulcer: Symptoms/Causative agents

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  • Mycobacterium
  • massive and damaging ulcer
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Keratitis: Symptoms/causative agents

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  • Acanthamoeba or herpes simplex virus 1
  • inflammation of cornea
  • symptoms include red eyes, pain, irritation, vision changes, eye discharge
  • viral but is most likely to be treated using antivirals
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Otitis externa: Symptoms/causative agents

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  • pseudomonas
  • swimmers ear
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What can be done to prevent acne

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  • topical agents with benzoyl peroxide
  • antibiotics
  • isotretinoin for serious cases of nodular cystic acne
  • cutting out fatty foods DOES NOT treat acne
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what causes warts?

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viral infection - paillomavirus

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Koplik spots are an indicator of what disease?

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measles

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What diseases are caused by Candida albicans?

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  • thruth and vaginitis
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What diases causes the most blindness in the world?

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trachoma

17
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what causes ringworm?

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  • mycosis (fungal disease)
  • microsporum and epidermophyton
18
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Why are newborn babies treated with an antibiotic at bith?

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It’s a routine precaution for opthalmia neonatorum which is transmitted to newborns when the mother has gonorrhea

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what are some possible complications of chicken pox?

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  • can lead to shingles because the varicella zoster can remain latent in the body’s ganglion nerve cells
  • scratching of the skin can lead to other microbiota entering the skin via open wounds
20
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Bacteria normally colonize the skin. Which region of skin hosts the largest bacterial population?

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armpits

21
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Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for what diseases? List them.

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  • Minor Skin infections: boils, carbuncles, impetigo
  • Life-threatening diseases: pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis
22
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What are the possible causative agents of conjunctivitis?

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Haemophilus influenzae,
Chlamydia trachomatis
adenoviruses

23
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Are there any similarities between German measles and measles?

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  • both transmitted by the respiratory route
  • both can be prevented by vaccination
24
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Herpes simplex 1 causes numerous diseases. List them.

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cold sores
roseola
keratitis
do NOT CAUSE CANKER SORES

25
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What causes scabies? How is it transmitted?

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caused by a mite that burrows under the skin transmit by fomites

26
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What causes the Buruli ulcers?

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  • caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans which can enter through the skin through an open wound or insect bite
  • acid-fast bacteria.
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Whcih bacteria causes acne?

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Propionibacterium acnes

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