Infectious Disease of the Skin, Ears, and Eyes

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Cellulitis

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Staphylococcus aureus & Streptococci

Question 2

Entry thru laceratoins or surgical wounds. Red, swollen, tender area of the skin. May develop pus

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Ceullulitis

Question 3

Folliculitis

Answer 3

Staphylococcus aureus

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Entry thru hair follicle. Clusters of small bumps or pimples around hair follicles. Pus-filled blisters

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Folliculitis

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Impetigo

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S. aureus & Streptococcus pyogenes

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Transmitted thru direct contact with drainage from lesions. red, itchy sores that break open and leak a clear fluid or pus for a few days.

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Impetigo

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S. aureus & Streptococcus pyogenes

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Impetigo

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Erysipelas

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S. pyogenes

Question 8

Entry thru skin & mucous membrane. an area of skin erythema that is sharply demarcated with raised edges

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Erysipelas

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Necrotizing fasciitis

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S. pyogenes / Flesh-eating bacteria

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Entry thru skin abrasions. A very painful bruise-like area then develops and grows rapidly. Treated with surgical tissue removal, broad spectrum antibiotics

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Necrotizing fasciitis

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Gas gangrene

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Clostridium perfringens

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Clostridium perfringens

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Gas gangrene

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Air under the skin. Blisters filled with brown-red fluid. Organism and its spores gained access to traumatized tissue

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Gas gangrene

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Redness of the skin.
Fluid-filled blisters that break easily and leave an area of moist skin that soon becomes tender and painful.
Large sheets of the top layer of skin that peel away.

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Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

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Boils & Carbuncles

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S. aureus

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Start as reddish or purplish, tender bumps. The bumps quickly fill with pus, growing larger and more painful until they rupture and drain.

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Boils

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Cluster of boils

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Carbuncles

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Leprosy

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Mycobacterium leprae

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Mycobacterium leprae. Hansen’s Disease

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Leprosy

Question 20

Transmitted trhu direct contact, poor hygiene, aerosol inhalation, arthropod vector. Treated with combination of antibiotics

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Leprosy

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Fungi that require keratin for growth

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Dermatophytes

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fungal infection of the outer surface of hair shafts, and the outermost , nonliving layer of the skin

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Superficial mycoses

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fungal infections of the living layers (the dermis), hair shafts and nails. Caused by molds referred to as dermatophytes

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Cutaneous, Hair, Nail mycoses

Question 24

fungal infection result from traumatic implantation of the mold through the dermis in the subcutaneous tissue

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Subcutaneous mycoses

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fungal infection of the internal organs of the body. Most serious type of infection

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Systemic Mycoses

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Superficial mycoses. Caused by Malassezia furfur (fungus). Skin discoloration, itching.

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Tinea vesicolor

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Cutaneous mycoses. Caused by Trichophyton rubrum
Itching, scaling, and developing skin cracks between the toes

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Tinea pedis

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Cutaneous mycoses. Caused by Microsporum & Trichophyton.
swollen red patches, dry scaly rashes, itchiness and hair loss

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Tinea Capitis

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Subcutaneous mycoses. Caused by Sporothrix fungus.
Cutaneous nodules that spread via lymphatics and break down into abscesses and ulcers

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Sporotrichosis

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Subcutaneous mycoses. Due to inoculation from a specific group of dematiaceous fungi.
wart-like lesions on exposed areas of the skin such as the legs or forearms but are not itchy or painful

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Chromomycosis

Question 30

Subcutaneous mycoses. Chronic granulomatous disease caused by true fungi (eumycetoma)
a combination of painless ‎subcutaneous mass, multiple sinuses and discharge ‎containing grains

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Mycetoma

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Systemic mycoses. Caused by Aspergillus fumigatus.
Treated by surgically removing the fungal mass when it causes bleeding in lungs

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Aspergillosis

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Leishmaniasis

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Leishmania donovani

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Inflammation of external ear canal. Ear pain, itching and irritation, redness and swelling of outer ear and scaly skin around ear canal.

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Otitis externa

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Infection of the middle ear. Presence of foul smelling purulent discharge, aural pain, hearing difficulties. Can lead to mastoiditis, perforation of eardrum if left untreated.

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Otitis media

Question 34

Irritation and reddening of conjuctiva, edema of eyelids, mucopurulent discharge. Causative agents: S. pneumoniae, Hemophilus influenzae

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Bacterial conjuctivitis

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Acute redness and swelling of conjucitva. Corneal ulcers. Transmitted from mother to child. Caused by Neisseria gonorrhea

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Neonatal gonrrheal opthalmia

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Acute conjuctivitis and discharge that may lead to scarring of conjuctiva and cornea.
Caused by Chlamydia trachomatis

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Chlamydial conjuctivitis

Question 36

Prearicular lymphademopathy, conjuctival follicles and thin watery discharge. Self-limited.
Caused by adenoviruses, enteroviruses & HSV

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Viral conjuctivitis