Micro III Flashcards
What is the causative agent of scalded skin syndrome?
Staph aureus
Where is the rash with SSSS that is characteristic?
Palms and soles
Who is usually affected with SSSS?
Babies
What is the complication of SSSS?
Impetigo
What is the toxin that causes SSSS?
Exfoliatin
What is the toxin that causes scarlet fever
Erythrogenic / pyrogenic toxin
What areas of the skin are NOT affected with scarlet fever?
Palms and soles
Crusting of the distal palmar aspect of the fingers = what two diseases?
Kawasaki
SSSS
What is the scarlatiniform rash?
Rash seen with SSSS
Strawberry tongue = what two diseases?
Scarlet fever or Kawasaki’s disease
What is the difference between cellulitis and erysipelas?
Erysipelas is more superficial, and sharply demarcated
What is the most common site for cellulitis?
Lower legs
What is the more dreaded complication of cellulitis?
Sepsis
What is the most common way of getting cellulitis?
skin cuts, scratches, and insect bites
What virulence factor of S pyogenes causes cellulitis?
Hyaluronidase–causes death of cells d/t damage of the cell membrane
Those is a h/o RF need what?
abx prophylaxis
What is the cause of impetigo contaGioSa?
S. pyoGeneS
What is the cause of bulloUS impetigo?
Staph AureUS
Why is it important to distinguish between strep and staph caused impetigo?
Post strep GMN
What is the buttonhole deformity? What causes it?
Finger that is held in flexion at the proximal interphalangeal joint and slight hyperextension at the distal interphalangeal joint
Results from the disruption of the central slip of the extensor. The lateral slips gradually separate and the proximal phalanx slips through the gap.
What are the topical abx that are used for treatment of impetigo by both s pyogenes and S. aureus?
Cephalexin
Clindamycin
Mupirocin
What is the MOA of mupirocin?
Binds to isoleucyl tRNA synthetase in S pyogenes and S aureus and inhibits protein synthesis
What is the MOA of clindamycin?
Inhibits the 50s subunit of the ribosome
What is the MOA of cephalosporins?
Beta lactam
What is MacCallum’s plaques? What is the characteristic findings in the blood with this?
Irregular thickening caused by subendocardial lesions, usually in the left atrium, in rheumatic heart disease
causes thrombosis