Lecture 6 (derm)-Exam 3 Flashcards
Lice
* What mc patients?
* What are the sx?
* How do you dx?
- MC pediatric patients
- Asymptomatic – itchy scalp
- DX: visual inspection
lice:
* How long do they live for (one and off scalp)
* At what stage can they transfer?
* They do not do what?
* What is generally required for lice to tranfer?
* What is rare?
- Live for 3 weeks on the scalp/ 24 hours off
- Only live lice can transfer / not nits
- THEY DO NOT JUMP OR FLY
- Head-to-head contact is generally required
- Transmission via combs or brushes rare
Lice: non-pharm
* Wash what?
* Bag items for how long?
* Vacuum what?
* Do not use what?
- Wash combs and brushes in hot water
- Wash and dry linens and clothing used within 48 hours of diagnosis (130˚F H20 / high heat dry)
- Bag items that cannot be laundered for minimum of 48 hours
- Vacuum flooring and furniture
- Do not use fumigant sprays
Lice-pharm
* What are the diff types?
* What is not recommended?
- Topical (first line)
- Oral
- Not recommended: lindane due to neurotoxicity and seizures
When can people return to school and work with lice?
Return to school / work / daycare after first treatment and nit removal complete (comb out
What are the top three topical lice txts?
* What stages do they txt?
* Contact time?
* Retreatment needed?
* What is the cure rate?
* What are the comments?
What is first line for topical lice?
Permethrin 1% cream
* Even though only 25% cure rate, still first line because cheap+OTC
Alternative treatment of lice: Oral agents
* What are the two?
Ivermectin and trimethoprim/sulfamethozazole
Ivermectin:
* What is the cure rate?
* What is the dosing?
* What is CI? ⭐️
- 93% cure rate
- 200 to 400 mcg/kg x 1 dose; may require repeat dose in 8 days
- CI: pregnancy and patients ≤ 15 kg
Tri/sulf:
* What is the dosing?
* Recommend concomitant use with what?
* What is the MOA?
* What is the combine efficacy?
- 5 mg/kg/dose PO BID x 10 days
- Recommend concomitant use with permethrin
- Kills vitamin-B producing bacteria in louse gut
- Combined efficacy 93%
What are the alternative txts of lice?
Scabies:
* What is it?
* What are the MC sites?
* How do you diagnosis?
- Mite infestation with intense itching
- MC sides and web spaces of fingers, flexor aspects of wrist, waistline (to be warm)
- Diagnosis: inspection ± skin scraping
Scabies txt:
* What is the non-pharm?
* What is the first line pharm (how do you apply)?
Nonpharmacologic – environmental control
Permethrin 5% cream TOC
* Apply chin down including fingers, toes overnight (8 to 14 hours)
* Repeat in 1-2 weeks
Scabies:
* What is the alternative txt?
* What may persist?
- Ivermectin 200 mcg/kg/dose x 1 dose; repeat 1 week later
- Itching may persist for weeks following treatment
For if you cannot get rid of the scabies
When can people return to work/school with scabies?
May return to work 24 hours after treatment complete
Black widow envenomation
* mild sx?
* What is the txt?
What is the MOA of benzodiazepines?
- Bind to gaba a receptors
- increases cl- influz
- hyperpolarization and decrease exitation
Black widow envenomation
* moderate to severe sx?
* What is the txt?
BROWN RECLUSE ENVENOMATION
* What are the symptoms?
* What is the txt plan?
- Clean with soap and water
- Local ice packs – inhibits toxin activity
- Elevate affected body part if possible
- Pain medications: acetaminophen/NAIDS
- Tetanus prophylaxis
- No antivenom in US
- Local wound care once stable
- Antibiotics only if infection suspected
What is DTaP?
* What type of vaccine series?
* What population gets this?
What is Tdap?
* What is this form used for and for who?
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER (RMSF)
* What bacteria causes this?
* What vector?
* Where is the highest incidences?
- Rickettsia rickettsii (gram negative rod)
- American dog tick / Rocky Mountain wood tick southeast
- Highest incidence Southeastern and Southcentral US
RMSF:
* What are the sx?
* Increased risk of what? What are the risk factors?
* How do you diagnosis?
- Fever, rash (95%)-distal extremities to trunk, petechiae (40 to 50%)
- Increased risk of mortality if not treated early (within 5 days of symptom onset
- Risk factors: > 60 years, delayed therapy, failure to use doxycycline
- Diagnosis: mostly clinical; fever in endemic area, known or possible tick bite, +/- rash; immunofluorescent antibody (IFA)
RMSF:
* What is the DOC? Who do we use it in?
Lyme disease:
* What bacteria causes this?
* What is the vector?
* Where is it most common?
- Tick-borne; Borrelia burgdorferi (gram negative spirochete)
- Black legged ticks
- Northeast, North Central, Middle Atlantic US
- What are the sx of early lyme disease?
- What txt is appropriate?
- Erythema migrans, arthralgias, first-degree heart block, facial palsy
- Oral therapy appropriate
What is the DOC for early diease lyme disease? What if preg?
Primary Regimens (duration dependent on exact
syndrome)
* Doxycycline
* Amoxicillin (DOC in pregnancy)
* Cefuroxime axetil
What are the sx of advance lyme disease? What is the DOC?
- What is ehrilichiosis?
- Spread sprimarily through what?
- Ehrlichiosis is the general name used to describe diseases caused by the bacteria Ehrlichia spp
- Spread primarily through the bite of infected ticks including the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) and the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis).
What are the symptoms of ehrilichiosis?
- Fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, abdominal pain, nausea
- Rash is uncommon
- Elevated liver enzymes
- Thrombocytopenia
What is the txt of ehrichiosis?
Doxycycline is the treatment of choice
What is the moa and dosage forms of imidazole?
What is the moa of allyl amines?
What is the moa of ciclopirox?
What is the moa of nystatin?
MOA (most allyl amines-> terbinafine and naftifine):
* Inhibition of squalene epoxidase, an enzyme needed for sterol biosynthesis
MOA (ciclopirox):
* Inhibition of essential elements in the fungal cell disrupting synthesis of DNA, RNA, and proteins
MOA (nystatin):
* Increases cell permeability causing cell death
Fluconazole, itraconazole:
* What is the MOA?
* What are the SE?
* Why is oral ketoconazole no longer recommended?
Terbinafine:
* What is the MOA?
* What is the SE?
* What is reported?
Griseofulvin:
* What is the MOA?
* What are the SE?
* Indicated for only what?
Candidiasis:
* Tends to occur where?
* MC in who?
* What are the sx?