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1
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Minimum diagnostic criteria for skin/soft tissue infection (SSTI)

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Erythema
Edema

Warmth

Pain/tenderness

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Impetigo features

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Superficial
“Honey crusts”

Most commonly around the mouth

Most common bacterial infection in children

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Bullous impetigo features

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Blisters are cloudy, can rupture

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Bullous impetigo virulence

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Exfoliative toxin of S. aureus

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Ecthyma

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Deeper form of impetigo, scarring and ulceration

Punched-out ulcerative lesions

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Furuncle (boil) causative agent

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S. aureus

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Furuncle features

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Abscess of hair follicle

Large, painful, raised nodules

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Carbuncle

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Multiple furuncles that coalesce

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Carbuncle defining feature

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Chills and fever

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Folliculitis

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Infection of hair follicles

Various bacteria and fungi

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Erysipelas

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Acute skin infection

Involved skin is distinct from uninvolved skin

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Erysipelas cause

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S. pyogenes

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Cellulitis

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Involved skin is NOT differentiated from uninvolved skin

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Paronychia

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Superficial infection or abscess of nailfolds

Acute or chronic

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Acute paronychia

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Acutely painful abscess in nailfold

Most common cause is S. aureus

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Chronic paronychia

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Longer than 6 weeks

Often the result of a C. albicans infection

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Necrotizing fasciitis

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Destruction of muscle and fat
Toxicity, multiorgan failure, death

Antibiotics and surgical debridement

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S. aureus features

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Gram-positive cocci
Catalase positive

Found in skin/mucous membranes

Coagulase positive (unlike other Staph)

Beta-hemolytic

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Strep. pyogenes features

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Gram-positive cocci

Catalase negative

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa features

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Gram-negative rod

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S. aureus virulence factors

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Capsule
Biofilm

Teichoic acid

Protein A

Cytotoxins

Exfoliative toxins

Enterotoxins

TSST

Extracellular hydrolases

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S. aureus peptidoglycan

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Endotoxin-like activity

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S. aureus teichoic acid

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S. aureus protein A

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Inhibits Ab mediated clearance by binding IgG Fc domain

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S. aureus alpha cytotoxins

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Pore-forming toxin

Allows for bacteria to get into cell, as well as resulting in lysis

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S. aureus exfoliative toxins

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ETA and ETB

Serine proteases that split interepidermal junctions

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S. aureus enzymes

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Hydrolyze host tissue to aid in the spread of the bacteria in the body

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S. aureus diseases

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Toxin mediated (scalded skin syndrome, food poisoning)
Suppurative (impetigo, folliculitis, etc.)
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S. aureus scalded skin syndome (SSSS) virulence

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Caused by ETA and ETB

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Important diagnostic features of SSSS

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Staph not culturable from skin (toxin mediated)

No leukocytes

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Nikolsky sign

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Minimal pressure results in skin exfoliation

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MRSA

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Methicillin-resistant S. aureus

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MRSA virulence factor

34
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MecA gene

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Encodes a new penicillin-binding protein on methicillin, etc. which results in a low affinity to the bacteria

35
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Treat MRSA

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Vancomycin

36
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Treatment for S. aureus infections

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Nafcillin

Oxacillin

37
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Osteomyelitis

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Bone pain
Fever

Swelling

Malaise

38
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Osteomyelitis cause

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Almost always by a bacterial infection

39
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Septic arthritis features

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Painful, erythematous joint with purulent material

Usually in large joints

40
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Most common causes of septic arthritis

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S. aureus in children

N. gonorrhoeae in sexually active persons

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