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Derma - urticaria, bacterial skin infxns Flashcards

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Urticaria/angioedema

Edema extends to deep dermis and /or subcutaneous and submucosal layers

A

Angioedema

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Urticaria/angioedema

Circumscribed, raised, erythematous, evanescent areas involving the superficial dermis

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Urticaria

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Pathogenesis of urticaria and angioedema

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Mast cells, basophils, eosinophils releases histamine and cytokines
Results to vascular permeability
Then extravasation of fluids and proteins
Causing edema

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Acute urticaria recurs for how many days

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<30d

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Chronic urticaria recurs for how many days

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> 30d

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Wheals of acute urticaria.

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Large wheals, associated with angioedema

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Wheals of chronic urticaria.

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Small and large wheals

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Acute/chronic urticaria

IgE-dependent (with atopic background)

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Acute urticaria.

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Acute/chronic urticaria

Due to anti-FcR autoantibodies

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Chronic urticaria

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Acute/chronic urticaria

Related to alimentary agents, parasites and penicillins

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ACute urticaria

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Acute/chronic urticaria

Intolerance to salicylates and benzoates

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Chronic urticaria

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Chronic urticaria cannot tolerate

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Salicylates and benzoates

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Acute/chronic urticaria

Complement mediated in serum sickness-like reaction (whole blood, ig, penicillin)

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Acute urticaria

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Chronic urticaria common in children/adult, M/F

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Adult, F

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Acute/chronic urticaria

May persist for 10yrs

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Chronic urticaria

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Acute/chronic urticaria

Rarely persists for >24hrs

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Acute urticaria

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Localized urticarias

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Solar
Pressure
Vibration
Cold urticaria

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Immunologic urticarias

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IgE-mediated urticaria
Complement-mediated urticaria
Immunologic contact urticaria
Autoimmune urticaria

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Immunologic urticaria due to type 1 HPS with atopic background. Common Ag are food, drug and helminths

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IgE mediated urticaria

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IgE mediated urticaria HPS type

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Type 1 HPS

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Acute immunologic urticarias

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IgE mediated
Complement mediated
Immunologic contact

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Immunologic urticaria which releases anaphylotoxin causing mast cells degradation. Common in serum sickness, ig and admin of whole blood

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Complement mediated urticaria

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Chronic immunologic urticaria

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Autoimmune urticaria

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Immunologic urticaria common in children with atopic dermatitis sensitized to environmental allergens and individuals sensitized to latex rubber gloves. Accompanied by anaphylaxis.

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Immunologic contact urticaria

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Autoimmune urticaria is positive in what test

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Autologous serum skin test

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The remission of disease activity of autoimmune urticaria is due to

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Plasmapheresis
IVIg
Cyclosporin

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Physical urticaria with positive linear lesion after storming or scratching skin

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Dermographism

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Demographics fades in …

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30min

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Physical urticari confined to sites exposed to cold

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Cold urticaria

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Diagnosis of cold urticaria

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Ice cube test

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How to do ice cube test

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Application of ice for 10min

Wheal appears within 5min

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Diagnostic test for solar urticaria

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Test with UVB, UVA and visible light

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How to test solar urticaria

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260-690nm uv expo for 30-120s

Wheal appears within 30min

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Wheezing for <1hr is seen in what Physical urticaria

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Solar urticaria

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Mediator of solar urticaria

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Histamine

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Wheezing physical urticaria

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Solar

Cholinergic urticaria

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Physical urticaria which appears with exercise and sweating

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Cholinergic urticaria

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Physical urticaria in which the intracutaneous of ACH and mecholyl will produce micropapular whealing

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Cholinergic urticaria

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Very rare phys urticaria with water of any temperature

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Aquagenic urticaria

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Aquagenic urticaria lesion is same with

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Cholinergic urticaria

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40
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Sites of predilection of pressure urticaria

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Soles
Palms
Waist

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Applications of p perpendicular to skin in pressure urticaria will produce WHEAL after..

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1-4hrs

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Pressure urticaria is delayed for (time)

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30min-12hrs

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Physical urticaria which is painful and interferes with quality of life. No lab abnormalities. Associated with fever

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Pressure angioedema

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Familial, autosomal dominant physical urticaria

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Vibratory angioedema

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Distinct angioedema syndrome

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Hereditary angioedema HAE

Angioedema-urticaria-eosinophilia syndrome AUES

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Major mediator of chronic idiopathic urticaria

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Histamine.

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Eicosanoids and neuropeptides

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Urticaria due to mast cells releasing agents and pseudo allergens and chronic idiopathic urticaria

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Urticaria due to mast cells releasing agents and pseudo allergens and chronic idiopathic urticaria AGENTS

A 
FAARS
Food preservatives
Ace inhibitors
Additive azo dyes
Radio contrast media
Salicylate
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Due to direct effects of exogenous urticants penetrating into skin and blood vessels

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Non immune contact urticaria

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Urticaria associated with vascular/connective tissue autoimmune disease

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SLE

Sjögren’s syndrome

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51
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Urticaria vasculitis lesion persists for

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> 12-24hrs

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Urticaria associated w vascular or connective tissue autoimmune disease has SLOW/RAPID changes in size and config

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Slow

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Urticaria associated w vascular or connective tissue autoimmune disease may or may not have residual pigmentation due to

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Hemosiderin

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Urticaria often with hypocomplementemia and renal disease

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Urticaria associated w vascular or connective tissue autoimmune disease

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55
Q

HAE is autosomal dominant/recessive

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Dominant

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56
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T or F: Uritacaria usually occurs in HAE

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Does not usually occur

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57
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Lab abnormalities in HAE

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Decreased C1-esterase inhibitor

Low C4

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58
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May follow trauma (phys/emotional)
AE of face and ext, laryngeal edema, acute abd pain (presents as surgical emergency)
With bradykinin formation
Can be life threatening

A

HAE

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59
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Treatment for HAE

A

Danazol (long term)

Whole fresh plasma

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With severe AE with pruritic urticaria of face, neck, trunk and ext

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AUES

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AUES lasts for how many days

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7-10d

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Lab abnormalities of AUES

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Leukocytosis

Eosinophilia

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63
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HAE/AUES:
No family history
Fever
Marked increase in wt

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AUES

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Treatment for AUES

A

Prednisone

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65
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HAE/AUES: good prognosis

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AUES

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66
Q

Lab in urticarial vasculitis

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Increased ESR

Hypocomplementemia

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67
Q

Flushing. Burning. Wheezing.

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Cholinergic urticaria

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68
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Fever.

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Serum sickness

AUES

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69
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Hoarseness. Stridor. Dyspnea.

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AE

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70
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Arthralgia.

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Serum sickness

Urticarial vasculitis

71
Q

Abdominal colicky pain.

A

HAE

72
Q

Medications.

A

Penicillin
Aspirin
NSAIDs
Ace inhibitors

73
Q

Treatment when severe urticaria is associated with anxiety and depression

A

Doxepin

74
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Treatment for urticaria with AE

A

Prednisone

75
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Treatment for AUES

A

Prednisone

76
Q

Treatment for acute attack of HAE

A

Whole fresh plasma or

C1-esterase inhibitor

77
Q

H2 antihistamine

A

Cimetidine
Famotidine
Ranitidine

78
Q

3rd gen H1 antihistamine

A

Piperadine - desloratadine, fexofenadine

Piperazine - levocetirizine

79
Q

2nd gen H1 antihistamine

A

Piperadine - loratadine, terfenadine

Piperazine - cetirizine

80
Q

1st gen H1 antihistamine

A

Alkylamine - chlorpheniramine maleate, dimethindene maleate
Aminoalkyl ether (ethinolamine)- clemastine fumarate, diphenhydramine
Ethylenediamine- antazoline
Phenothiazine- mequitazine, phomethazine
Piperidine- azatadine maleate, cyproheptadine
Piperazine- hydroxyzine

81
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Age of onset: eryhtrasma

A

Adult

82
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Age of onset: impetigo and ecthyma

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Primary - children
Secondary- any age
Bullous- children/young adult

83
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Age of onset: abscess, furuncle, carbuncle

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Children up to young adult (boys)

84
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Age of onset: erysipelas and cellulitis

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Any age

85
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Age of onset: staph-scalded-skin syndrome (Ritter’s dse)

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Neonate up to <5y/o

86
Q

Commonly called as Ritter’s disease

A

Staph-scalded-skin syndrome

87
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Etiology: eryhtrasma

A

C. Minutissimum

88
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Etiology: impetigo and ecthyma

A

Staph aureus-most common

GAS

89
Q

Etiology: abscess, furuncle, carbuncle

A

MSSA, MRSA

90
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Etiology: erysipelas and cellulitis

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Adult- S.aureus, GAS

Children- HiB, S.aureus, GAS

91
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Etiology: Ritter’s disease

A

S.aureus grp2

92
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Site of predilection: eryhtrasma

A 
Toe web spaces >groin folds > axilla
Interiginous areas (intra gluteal, infra mammary)
93
Q

Site of predilection: abscess, furuncle, carbuncle

A

Hair follicles

Break of integrity of skin

94
Q

Macules, sharply marginated, red-brown, scaling at sites not continuously occluded.
Post-inflammatory Hyperpigmentation
Associated with dermatophytoses and candidiasis

A

Eryhtrasma

95
Q

Woods lamp of erythrasma

A

Coral-red fluorescence

96
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Heavy growth of corynebacterium

A

Erythrasma

97
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T or F: eryhtrasma may relapse if predisposing causes are not corrected

A

True

98
Q

Prophylaxis for erythrasma

A

Benzoyl peroxide
Medicated powders
Topical antiseptics- isopropyl, ethanol

99
Q

Topical therapy for erythrasma

A

Benzoyl peroxide
Eythromycin, clindamycin
Mupirocin
Antifungals

100
Q

Nonspecific inflammation of opposed skin and between redundant skin.
Common among obese.

A

Intertriginous infection and intertrigo

101
Q

Management for intertrigo

A

Wt reduction
Moist dressing/ castellani’s paint
Zinc oxide ointment- reduce friction
Pimecrolimus, tacrolimus

102
Q

Etiology of pyoderma

A

Coagulase neg staph

S.aureus, GAS

103
Q

Portal of entry of primary impetigo

A

Minor breaks in skin

104
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Portal of entry of secondary impetigo

A

Traumatic breaks

105
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Duration of lesion of impetigo

A

Days to wks

106
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Duration of lesion of ecthyma

A

Wks to mos

107
Q

Impetigo/ecthyma: variable pruritus (associated w/ AD)

A

Impetigo

108
Q

Impetigo/ecthyma:
pain and tenderness (indurated)
Induration with thick adherent crust

A

Ecthyma

109
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Site of predilection of ecthyma

A

Distal ext

110
Q

T or F: mimoetigo is associated with lymphangitis or LA

A

True

111
Q

Bullous/nonbollous;

Golden yellow crusts

A

Nonbullous

112
Q

Bullous/nonbollous; clear yellow, brown crusts with shallow moist erosion

A

Bullous

113
Q

Bullous/nonbollous; with normal appearing skin

A

Bullous

114
Q

Bullous/nonbollous; scattered discrete with satellite lesions by auto inoculation

A

Nonbollous

115
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Distribution of nonbollous

A

More in intertriginous areas

116
Q

What happens to an untreated impetigo

A

leads to ecthyma resulting to healing with scar

117
Q

T or F: with MRSA infection, impetigo and ecthyma is associated with high morbidity and mortality

A

True

118
Q

Topical treatment for impetigo and ecthyma

A

Mupirocin 3x/d for 7-10d

119
Q

Systemic treatment for impetigo and ecthyma

A

Pen G or V

Cephalosporin, vancomycin etc

120
Q

Prevention of impetigo and ecthyma

A

Daily bath
Benzoyl peroxide
Check family member
Ethanol or isopropyl for hands

121
Q

It occurs as a foreign body response to splinter, ruptured inclusion cyst and injection sites

A

Sterile abscess

122
Q

Represents as a continuum of severity of staph aureus infection

A

Folliculitis
Carbuncle
Furuncles

123
Q

site of predilection of abscess, furuncle, carbuncle

A

Hair follicle

Break on intergrity of skin

124
Q

Synonym for abscess, carbuncle, furuncle

A

Boil

125
Q

Acute /chronic localized infection with collection of pus and tissue destruction. Arise from dermis, subQ fat and ms or deeper

A

Abscess

126
Q

SOP of abscess

A

Any cutaneous sites, sites of trauma

127
Q

Acute, deep seated from staph folliculitis. Firm tende nodule with central necrotic plug with central pustule with or without surrounding cellulitis.

A

Furuncle

128
Q

SOP of furuncle

A

Any hair-bearing region

129
Q

Deeper infection with interconnecting abscess with similar evolution to furuncle.
Multiple adjacent coalescing furuncle.

A

Carbuncle

130
Q

SOP of. Carbuncle

A

Several contiguous hair follicle.

131
Q

Possible HEMATOGENOUS seeding of abscess, furuncle and carbuncle

A 
Heart valves 
Joints
Spine 
Long bones 
Viscera
132
Q

Abscess/carbuncle/furuncle: accompanied with fever and malaise

A

Carbuncle

133
Q

Management for abscess furuncle carbuncle

A

I and D plus systemic antimicrobial

134
Q

Adjunctive therapy for absces, Furuncle, carbuncle

A

Application of heat (promotes localization or consolidation and aids early spontaneous drainage)

135
Q

Aka soft tissue infection

A

Cellulitides

136
Q

An acute, diffus, spreading, edematous, suppurative inflammation of dermis and subQ tissues.
Often with malaise, fever and Chills

A

Soft tissue infection a

137
Q

History of human bite

A

Erysipelas and cellulitis

138
Q

Spread on infection in soft tissue infection is due to

A

Hyaluronidase - polysaccharide ground subs
Fibrinolysin - fibrin barriers
Lecithinase - cell mem

139
Q

Soft tissue infection is more on a reaction to..

A

Cytokine and bacterial superantigens

140
Q

SOP of erysipelas in adult

A

Low leg

141
Q

SOP of erysipelas in young male

A

Arm

142
Q

SOP of erysipelas in female

A

Post mastectomy

143
Q

SOP of erysipelas ff rhinitis and conjunctivitis

A

Face

144
Q

SOP of erysipelas in operative wound site

A

Trunks

145
Q

SOP of erysipelas in children

A

Head and neck - HiB

Ext - staph aureus, GASP

146
Q

Unlike other types of cellulitis, that which is cause by ___ usually ff a primat enteritis with bacteremia and dissemination

A

V. Vulnificus

147
Q

Management for erysipelas and cellulitis: primary with pneumococcus

A

Benzoyl peroxide plus immunize those at risk

148
Q

Management for erysipelas and cellulitis: primary with HiB

A

Benzoyl peroxide plus chemo prophylaxis for household contacts of <4y/o

149
Q

Management for erysipelas and cellulitis: primary with vibrio

A

Benzoyl peroxide plus avoid eating uncooked seafood

150
Q

Antimicrobial treatment for erysipelas and cellulitis

A

S. Aureus and beta lactam antibiotics

151
Q

Staph aureus phage grp 2 in Ritter’s dse produces what toxin

A

Exfoliating toxin A and B

152
Q

Site of ET production

A 
Purulent conjunctivitis
Otitis media
Omphilitis
Occult nasopharyngeal 
Bullous impetigo
153
Q

Pathogenesis of Ritter’s disease.

Colonize. ET production. Transport by blood to skin. _________ = __________

A

Acantholysis and intraepidermal cleavage within stratum granulosus = local Bullous imopetigo or mild scarlatiniform rash

154
Q

Ritter’s disease spont heals in

A

5-7d

155
Q

Macular scarlatiniform rash or diffuse ill defined erythema.
Fine stippled sandpaper apparance.

A

SSS syndrome or Ritter’s disease

156
Q

Ritter’s disease spreads within

A

24-48hr

157
Q

(+) nikolsky sign

A

Ritter’s dse

158
Q

Ddx for Ritter’s disease

A

TEN
TSs
Kawasaki syndrome

159
Q

T or F: In Ritter’s disease, staph aureus is seen at site of infection, NOT from sites of sloughing skin or bullae

A

True

160
Q

T or F: In Ritter’s disease, gram(+) cocci only at colonized site

A

True

161
Q

Ritter’s disease spont heals with adeq antibiotic treatment in

A

3-5d

162
Q

T or f: Ritter’s disease lesion produces scarring

A

False

163
Q

Psedudomonas aeroginosa prefers dry/moist environment

A

Moist environment

164
Q

Pseudomonas aeroginosa colonized what part of the body

A 
Skin
External ear
URT
Large bowel 
(In those who are compromised )
165
Q

Entry sites of pseudomonas infection

A

Breaks in MC barrier
Aspiration
Decubitus or skin ulcers
Thermal burns

166
Q

3 stages of infection of pseudomonas

A

Bacterial attachemt and colonization
Local invasion and damage of tissue
Disseminated systemic disease

167
Q

T or F: psedomonas infection may stop at any stage

A

True

168
Q

Clinical syndrome of pseudomonas infection

A 
Nail colonization
Folliculitis
Toe web infection
1and2 pyoderma
Ext. otitis
169
Q

Nail colonization of pseudomonas infection is seen undersurface of oncholytic nails. What is the discoloration

A

Green

170
Q

Hot tub folliculitis of pseudomonas infection infects multiple hair follicle. Is it self limited?

A

True

171
Q

Color of exudate and odor ofPyoderma of pseudomonas infection

A

Blue green exudates and fruity odor

172
Q

Is external otitis in pseudomonas infection self limited?

A

True

173
Q

Invasive infection of pseudomonas

A

Ecthyma gangrenosum

174
Q

Erythematous macule which leads to hemarhagic bluish infarction to black in central necrosis with erythematous halo

A

Ecthyma gangrenosum

175
Q

SOP of ecthyma gangrenosum

A

Axilla
Groin
Perianal
Everywhere

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