L35 - Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

Question 1

Which of the following conditions would you investigate when a dog presented with a facial lesion ?

A. Bacterial infection
B. Allergy
C. Immune mediated skin conditions
D. Parasitic infections
E. Neoplasm
F. Trauma

Answer 1

All/ Any can happen

most skin infections are secondary to an underlying cause.

Question 2

A common bacterial isolate from canine pyoderma

A. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
B. Staphylococcus pseudointermedius
C. Staphylococcus intermedius
D. Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 2

A. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

Question 3

Greasy pig disease in pigs is caused by;

A. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
B. Hemophilus parasuis
C. Staphylococcus hyicus
D. Streotococcus suis

Answer 3

C. Staphylococcus hyicus

Question 4

Giemsa stained smear from a dog with a subcutaneous nodular lesion. Which of the bacteria will be in the top of you differential diagnosis list?

A. Pseudomonas
B. Streptococcus
C. Mycobacterium
D. Bacillus

Answer 4

C. Mycobacterium

Note: This is a macrophage and you are seeing these negatively stain rod-shaped organisms

Question 5

Skin lesion from a horse from a swampy area from Florida; Most likely etiology

A. Histoplasma
B. Prototheca
C. Pythium
D. Trichosporon

Answer 5

C. Pythium

aka Swamp Cancer

Question 6

Select correct disease organism pair:

A. Strangles: Streptococcus equi subsp. equi
B. Pigeon fever: Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
C. Glanders: Burkholderia mallei
D. Melioidosis: Burkholderia pseudomallei

Answer 6

All of them are correct

Question 7

Pathognomonic skin lesions observed in swine erysipelas is a local suppurative dermatitis

True or False

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What is the best treatment for mature staph abscess?

Answer 8

Lancet; drainage;

Sometimes antibiotics