Kaplan 1

Question 1

_______ is a hamartoma that presents clinically as a sharply circumscribed, verruceous plaque a few cm in diameter.

Answer 1

Nevus sebaceous (of Jadassohn)

Question 2

What is the Tx of choice for nevus sebaceous?

Answer 2

excision at an early age (risk of Ca)

Question 3

What do S. aureus, Serratia merrascens, Nocardia, Aspergillus, and Pseudomonas cepacia have in common that allows them to infect children w/ NADPH oxidase deficiency?

Answer 3

catalase

Question 4

Pts w/ complement-mediated immune def have recurrent infections w/ _______.

Answer 4

Neisseria spp.

Question 5

A maculopapular rash that starts on the trunk and spreads outward on a 7-13-month-old child.

Answer 5

Roseola infantum/exanthema subitum/HHV6

Question 6

What is the function of dystrophin, the defective protein in muscular dystrophy?

Answer 6

stabilize sarcolemma

Question 7

What Tx (2 things) should be given immediately to someone undergoing rhabdomyolysis?

Answer 7

IV hydration and HCO3-

Question 8

What does administration of bicarb prevent in rhabdomyolysis?

Answer 8

precipitation of myoglobin in renal tubules

Question 9

What is the appropriate Tx for staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome?

Answer 9

IV nafcillin or oxacillin

Question 10

What neonatal infection would cause sepsis and granulomas with central necrosis, called granulomatosis infantiseptica?

Answer 10

Listeria

Question 11

What are the 3 C’s of measles prodrome?

Answer 11

cough, conjunctivitis, and coryza

Question 12

What is the Tx for tinea capitis?

Answer 12

oral griseofulvin