export_ssti bacteria i Flashcards
Minimum diagnostic criteria for skin/soft tissue infection (SSTI)
Erythema
Edema
Warmth
Pain/tenderness
Impetigo features
Superficial
“Honey crusts”
Most commonly around the mouth
Most common bacterial infection in children
Bullous impetigo features
Blisters are cloudy, can rupture
Bullous impetigo virulence
Exfoliative toxin of S. aureus
Ecthyma
Deeper form of impetigo, scarring and ulceration
Punched-out ulcerative lesions
Furuncle (boil) causative agent
S. aureus
Furuncle features
Abscess of hair follicle
Large, painful, raised nodules
Carbuncle
Multiple furuncles that coalesce
Carbuncle defining feature
Chills and fever
Folliculitis
Infection of hair follicles
Various bacteria and fungi
Erysipelas
Acute skin infection
Involved skin is distinct from uninvolved skin
Erysipelas cause
S. pyogenes
Cellulitis
Involved skin is NOT differentiated from uninvolved skin
Paronychia
Superficial infection or abscess of nailfolds
Acute or chronic
Acute paronychia
Acutely painful abscess in nailfold
Most common cause is S. aureus
Chronic paronychia
Longer than 6 weeks
Often the result of a C. albicans infection