Key findings, exam 1 Flashcards
Staph skin infection
MC: erythema, purulent drainage,
pustules, crusting, cellulitis, abcesses, folliculitis
Toxic Shock Syndrome
diffuse erythematous rash on palms and soles that desquamates
Tampon use, nasopharynx packing, wound or abcess
Sudden high onset fever, myalgia, watery diarrhea, hypotension
Low platelets and liver damage, confusion leads to renal damage, shock, syncope
Scalded Skin Syndrome
A small child or infant with
Widespread bullae with sloughing, fever
Staph food poisoning, timing
Exotoxin or food contamination
2-8 hours after ingestion
Coag neg staph infections
post op, prosthetics, catheters
Strep pyogenes pharyngitis
scarlet fever. Scarlet fever is a strawberry tongue, sandpaper rash that is diffuse erythematous rash resembling a sunburn with superimposed fine red papules that blanches. leaves desquamation behind after 2 to 5 days. face flushes with circumferential pallor
-tonsilar hypertropy and tonsillar exudate, beefy red uvula, palatal petechiae, cervical lumphadenopathy bilaterally
Impetigo - strep
A wresterler with a:
Focal, vesicular pustular lesions w/ honey colored crust and stuck on appearance
Erysipelas -strep or s aureus
Painful superficial cellulitis with dermal lymphatic involvement covering the face
Strep agalactiae
Group B strep.
Mother to infant through birth canal. Must take prophylactic PCN
10-30% asymptomatic carriers. Mom needs pregnancy screening before going to the hospital as it can cause neonatal sepsis.
OM - strep pneumo
2-14 year old
Erythematous, bulging tympanic membrane
Absent light reflex, poor mobility
Otalgia, hearing loss, loss of balance, fever, diarrhea
Otorrhea if ruptured
Acute sinusitis - strep pneumo
MC: starts as a viral infection
purulent rhinorrhea and sinus pressure. erythematous, swollen nasal turbinates and mucosa
Pneumococcal pneumonia
Rigor, rust colored sputum, pleuritic chest pain, lobar consolidation +- effusion on CXR
bronchial breath sounds early and then crackles in the lobe
Bacillus anthracis skin
onset within 2 weeks of exposure
painless black eschar
regional adenopathy exposure
Fever, headache
Bacillus anthracis ingestion
bloody diarrhea, ulcerations on mouth, GI obstruction and perforation
inadequately cooked meat
Ingested spores cause symptoms
Bacillus anthracis inhalation
first progression of flu like symptoms,
then chest pain, severe respiratory distress, acidemia,
meningitis, mediastinitis, pleural effusion
Bacillus cereus
RICE/LEFTOVERS
1-10 hours onset
watery diarrhea self limiting
Listeriosis (listeria monocytogenes)
Bacteremia, high fever, meningitis, dermatits
oculoglandular retinitis &lymph node enlargement,
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
MC in Corneal ulcers in contact wearers, ICU pneumonia, osteochondritis
Healthy people get OE (otitis ext) UTI dermitis on bathing suit
IC people get pneumoniae (2nd MC), UTIs (3rd MC), bacteremia, sepsis, CF, burn patients, VAP
Its water related and it causes fever and green discharge
hot tub folliculitis 7-10 d
Cornebacterium diplitheriae
GRAY membrane covering tonsils and pharynx, nasal discharge, can spread to heart CNS and kidneys.
mild sore throat that progresses to toxemia and prostration (big fatigue)
CDC must provide a Diphlitheriae equine antitoxin
Neisseria meningococcal meningitidis
stiff neck, fever, HA, maculopapular rash, petechiae, photophobia, lethargy, change in mental status (not respond to verbal), + kernig and brudinski
can progress to fatal meningococcemia, lumbar puncture. prevent with Penbraya
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
○ May be asymptomatic (most of the time)
○ Yellow-green purulent discharge
○ Erythematous cervix (friable)
○ Infants conjunctiva discharge (culture if so)
○ Skin rashes, septic arthritis, conjunctivitis in newborns, prostatitis, PID, cervixitis, urethritis
Whooping Cough Bordetella Pertussis
○ MC in unvaccinated children
○ Aerosolized droplets. Incubation 7-14 d
-** Catarrhal -**
■ Insidious onset
■ Sneezing, coryza, cough
○** Paroxysmal**
■ Can be deadly
■ Worsening cough
■ Forceful coughing fits
■ Whooping gasps for breath
○** Convalescent**
■ Symptoms diminish
■ Cough may linger for months
Legionnaires disease
○ MC: CAP, IC, smokers, chronic lung disease, CPAP users
○ Contaminated aerosolized WATER SOURCES
○ Scant sputum production
○ Pleuritic chest pain
○ High fever
○ Toxic appearance
aerosolized water sources
scant sputum production, pleuritic chest pain, high fever. CXR shows focal patchy infiltrates or consolidation