Lecture 10 (ID) Flashcards
Stats
* ID accounted for up to how many visits to ED for children? Adults?
Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (SSTI)
* Results form what?
* What are the different types?
Results from microbial invasion of the skin and surrounding structures.
* Simple (uncomplicated): cellulitis or erysipelas
* Complicated (necrotizing)
* Suppurative (Purulent) vs nonsuppurative
Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (SSTI)
* MC pathogens? (3)
* Oral antibiotics to cover MRSA?(3)
- Most common pathogen: MSSA/MRSA (75%) and beta hemolytic strep
- Bactrium (Causes SJS), Clinda (Not good for older ppl dt dirreha), Doxy (photosen, Pt cannot have GERD or landscaper)
Cellulitis
* What are the sxs?
* Will usually involve what?
- Hot to the touch , tender, erythematous, lymphangitis, lymphadenopathy. Inflammation of SQ tissue.
- Will usually involve papules or pustules and is not well demarcated.
What is this?
Lymphangitis
* Must Hospitalize
What is this?
ERYSIPELAS-> Strep + type
Abscess
* What is it?
* may be associated with what?
* usually requires what?
* What is for most?
- Collection of pus in subdermal space
- May be associated with cellulitis but does not have to
- Usually requires I&D with or without packing
- Oral ABX therapy for most
Complicated cases of abcess will require parenteral ABX.
* What are reasons to switch? (4)
- Systemic symptoms (SIRS criteria)
- Rapid progression
- Failure of outpatient therapy >48hrs
- Proximity to indwelling device (vascular graft/artificial joint)
Abscess
* Simple abscesses should be what?
* They are not healed with what?
* Small uncomplicated abscesses without cellulitis (<2cm) usually txt?
- Simple abscesses should be incised and drained.
- They are not healed with only antibiotics.
- Small uncomplicated abscesses without cellulitis (<2cm) usually do not require antibiotics
What do you do for this?
Have an increased risk of?
- bactrium, penicllin+bactrim, Keflex+bactrim
- Refer to OR
- Increase risk with chron’s disease
- Deep abscesses should be what?
- When you evaluate anal, perirectal, rectal abscesses, be confident that there is no what?
- Deep abscesses should be drained in the OR and the patient should be admitted for parenteral antibiotics.
- When you evaluate anal, perirectal, rectal abscesses, be confident that there is no deep-space infection (do a rectal exam, palpate for induration, fullness, tenderness). If the abscess is deep, it is NOT an out-patient or ERprocedure
Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
* What organism?
* Happens in who?
* Where do have enterance?(4)
- Ubiquitous organism: S. aureus
- 30-50 % of healthy adults and children
- Anterior nares, skin, vagina, and rectum
Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
* What causes disease?
* What does super antigens cause?
- Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) and Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (A,C,D,E,H less)
- Super antigens: cause an exaggerated, dysregulated hyperimmune cytokine response.
Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
* usually not what?
* _ infection
- Usually not purulent, but desquamates
- Multisystemic infection
Staph Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
* 50% of what cases?
* Increase incidence with what?
* Can occur in children with what?
- 50% non-menstrual cases
- Increased incidence due to tampon (vaginal or nasal) use: higher absorbencies, used continuously for more days, and kept in longer
- Can occur in children with nonsurgical skin lesions
Staph Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
* What precedes the physcial findings?
* What are risk factors?
- Pain usually precedes the physical findings
- HIV, diabetes, cancer, ethanol abuse, and other chronic diseases
What is CDC difinition of TSS?
- Fever: temperature greater than or equal to 102.0°F ( 38.9°C) AND
- Rash: diffuse macular erythroderma AND
- Hypotension: systolic blood pressure ≤90 mm Hg for adults or less than 5th percentile by age less than16 years; orthostatic drop in diastolic blood pressure ≥15 mm Hg from lying to sitting, orthostatic syncope, or orthostatic dizziness AND
- Desquamation: 3-7 days after onset of illness, particularly on the palms and soles
ALL NEEDS TO BE THERE
Can have only some, and still treat-> should not wait for txt
Staph TSS- DDX
* Streptococcal TSS -
* Scarlet fever-
* Staph scalded skin syndrome-
* Meningococcal:
* Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF):
- Streptococcal TSS - identical or pain, necrotizing fasciitis
- Scarlet fever- strawberry tongue, “sand paper rash”, pharyngitis
- Staph scalded skin syndrome- bullae, sheet like desquamation acutely, more common in peds
- Meningococcal: petechiae/ purpura
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF): rash is petechial, begins on extremities first, and occurs~ three days after fever begins
Staph TSS DDX
* Kawasaki disease-
* Dengue fever-
* Leptospirosis-
* Toxic epidermal necrolysis/ Stevens-Johnson syndrome-
* _ Syndrome
* _ exanthem
- Kawasaki disease- more common in children
- Dengue fever- endemic area, mosquito exposure
- Leptospirosis- uncommon, work with soil and animals, no rash
- Toxic epidermal necrolysis/ Stevens-Johnson syndrome- more diffuse, more mucus membrane involvement, history of medication use
- Reyes Syndrome
- Viral exanthem
What is this?
What is this?
Sunburn type rash that blanches; fades in 3 days with full-thickness desquamation especially palms and soles
Staph Toxic Shock Syndrome evaluation
* What do you need to order? (8)
Diagnosis/Treatment of Staph TSS
* What is not necessary but useful?
* Exploration of what?
* Admit?
* Call who?
- Isolation of bacteria not necessary, but useful
- Exploration of vagina, wounds
- Admit ICU and treat for sepsis
- Call ID
Diagnosis/Treatment of Staph TSS
* What is the aggressive management of shock?
- 10-20 liters/ day
- Anasarca possible (diffuse edema due to capillary leakage)-> this is due to the fluids so might need loop
- Vasopressors if needed: norepinephrine DOC
- Central venous monitoring
Treatment of Staph TSS
* What is the txt for empirical txt?
* What is the DOC if known culture?
4th gen-> nursing home+DM to cover pseduo
Streptococcus TSS
Streptococcus TSS
* MC organism?
* Emerging organism?
* Bacteria releases what?
* What are the portals of entry?
- Etiology: S. pyogenes= Group A Streptococcus (GAS)
- Emerging: S. suis
- Bacteria releases superantigens
- Skin, vagina, throat entry portals
Streptococcus TSS
* Isolation of what?
* Presents with what?
- No portal site found in 45% of cases
- Isolation of GAS (Group A Strep) from normally sterile site
- Presents with usually Abrupt Pain
- Staph – fever and desquamation
- Strep – more of necrotizing fasciitis (mc from surgery and natural vag birth)
What is the Criteria for Strep TSS CDC?
What are the Strep TSS (GAS) risk factors? (6)
- All ages, majority healthy
- Surgery
- Use of NSAIDs (marker of severe trauma or masking of symptoms)
- Recent Varicella infection
- Can cause symptoms indistinguishable from Staphylococcus TSS
- Immunocompromised
Strep TSS with Necrotizing Fasciitis
* What is present?
* Widespread what?
* What is larger?
* What happens along fascial planes?
- Pain
- Widespread necrosis
- Underlying area much larger than skin
- Mushy, devitalized, necrotic tissue along fascial planes
Strep TSS Treatment
* What is the txt?
- Initial antibiotics: same as for Staph TSS/ sepsis
- Early surgical intervention with debridement
- ICU
- IV ABX
- vancomycin and [ceftriaxone OR piperacillin/ tazobactam (Zosyn®) OR meropenem (Merrem®)or fluoroquinolone for pseudomonas]
- For MRSA patients, vancomycin + clindamycin ORLinezolid *(Zyvox®) alone
Explain the difference?
Erythema multiforme
* What are these?
* What is the cause?
* You may see this rash in who?
- These are typical target lesions with a bulls-eye appearance.
- There are a variety of causes including infection, malignancy and drugs.
- You may see this rash in pediatric viral illnesses.
“Staph” Scalded Skin Syndrome
* What age?
* How does it exist like a continuum?
- Children less than 5 years old
- Exists on a continuum – they may have just a few bullous lesions or they can have generalized exfoliation of all their skin
The mortality is about 5%
Staph Scalded Skin Syndrome
* Treat staph with that?
* Skin is treated as what?
* What should you do if this is drug induced?
- Treat Staph with penicillinase-resistant penicillin.
- Skin is treated as though it is a burn
- If this is “drug induced,” the drug should be discontinued, and steroids may be helpful and antibiotics would not be given.
Nikolsky’s Sign
* What are common causes?
- Allergic reaction (Toxic epidermal necrolysis)
- Autoimmune condition (Pemphigus vulgaris)
- Bacterial infection ( Scalded skin syndrome)
Separating tissue with pressure
Steven-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
* Both are typically triggered by what?
* Not separte, but what? Explain?
Both are typically triggered by medication reactions
Not separate -> both are continuum
* SJS is less severe (10% mortality) and less than 10% of skin involved
* TEN (50% mortality) – Lyell Syndrome - >30% of skin involvement
Steven-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
* Starts as what? Then what happens/
* Affects who?
* Pathophysiolgy similar to what?
- Starts as fever and flu-like and then forms erosions (spread from face down involving mucus membranes/eyes/genitalia, but not always in this distribution)
- Affects immunocompromised (HIV/SLE) and those with genetic mutation of HLA-B gene
- Pathophysiology similar to a burn – no protective barrier, loss of fluids, infection possibility -> so treatment is essentially the same
SJS/TEN
* What are drugs that can cause this?(4)
Have walking pneum then have oral, genital lesions-> SJS
What is this?
SJS/TEN MANAGEMENT
* Withdrawl what?
* Admit to where?
* manage via what?
* What do you give?
* Debride what?
* tx what?
What are the 3 Types of Necrotizing Fasciitis?
Necrotizing Fasciitis
* Widespread what?
* What is the common organism? What is seen on x-ray?
* Usually direct what?
Necrotizing Fasciitis
* What are sxs?
- Brawny edema, crepitance, brownish discoloration, malodorous serosanguinous discharge; bullae; air gangrene
- Fever, tachycardia, multiple laboratory & metabolic abnormalities
What is going on here?
Left upper extremity necrotizing fasciitis in an IVDA. Cultures grew Streptococcus milleri and anaerobes (Prevotella species). Patient would grease, or lick, the needle before injection.
What is going on here?
Left lower extremity in a 56-year-old patient with alcoholism found comatose after binge drinking. Surgical drainage was performed to treat the pyomyositis-related, large, non–foul-smelling (sweetish) bullae. Gram staining showed the presence of gram-positive rods. Cultures revealed Clostridium perfringens. The diagnosis was clostridial myonecrosis.
Management of necrotizing fasciitis
* _
* What do you need to update?
* Abx?
* Surgical what?
* what type of situation?
West Nile (WN) Virus
* What is it caused by?
* What type of vector?
- Japanese encephalitis virus antigenic complex, member of the family Flaviviridae
- Mosquito vector with WN Virus incidence
West Nile (WN) Virus
* What are the sxs?
- Flu- like syndrome: headache, body aches, fever
- Meningitis, flaccid paralysis, muscle weakness
- Rash in 25-30% of patients-> Indicative of less severe disease
What is West Nile (WN) Virus Differential Diagnosis ?
- Dengue fever in endemic areas
- St Louis Encephalitis->Less common cause of illness
West Nile (WN) Virus Diagnosis
* What do you get for dx?
* What does the CBC show?
* What do you get for neuro sxs?
- IgM for WN Virus in serum or spinal fluid->Can be negative first 3 days
- CBC with Diff: leukocyte counts mostly normal or elevated.
- Spinal tap: for neuro symptoms
West Nile (WN) Virus Diagnosis
* What does the spinal tap show?
- Pleocytosis (increased WBCs) and predominance of lymphocytes
- Normal or elevated protein
- Normal glucose
- Normal or elevated opening pressure
West Nile (WN) Virus Diagnosis
* What type of treatment?
* Admit for what?
- Supportive Treatment
- Admit if toxic or unsure/ neurologic symptoms
Can confirm dx with Tzank prep and viral culture. Acyclovir should be started within 72 hours. May shorten course and may mitigate against post-herpetic neuralgia.
Herpes Zoster
* What is it?
* Rash is usually what?
* Complicated by what?
* Pain may appear when?
* Often in who?
- Shingles-Reactivation of latent varicella virus
- rash is (usually) in dermatomal distribution
- complicated by post-herpetic neuralgia
- Pain may appear before the rash and last months after rash clears -> post herpetic neuralgia – tx gabapentin, pregablin
- Often immunocompromised: older, DM, HIV, stress, cancer