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Types of skin and soft tissue damage that can occur with infection

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Exogenous, endogenous or toxin-mediated

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Most soft tissue and exogenous skin infections are due to what?

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Staph A or Strep pyogenes (Group A Strep)

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Similarities between strep A and Staph A

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  1. Both are transient skin flora
  2. They are both spreading infections
  3. Both form abscesses
  4. Both cause necrotizing fasciitis
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What do we mean by spreading infection?

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  1. Pyoderma (produces pus)
  2. Impetigo - Spreading infection of the epidermis
  3. Erysipelas
  4. Cellulitis - Subcutaneous, more serious
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What types of necrotizing infections do they cause?

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Fasciitis, gas gangrene (myonecrosis)

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Streptococci in general are recognized how?

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  1. Gram positive
  2. Chains
  3. Catalase negative (cannot convert H2O2)
  4. Have capsules
  5. Obligate extracellular bacteria, meaning they avoid uptake by neutrophils and have many anti-phagocytic virulence factors
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Main virulence factor for strep

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M protein, which binds the epidermis and is antiphagocytic

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What kind of hemolytic pattern do we see in Strep A?

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Beta

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How do we know we are working with Strep A?

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  1. Beta hemolytic
  2. PYR positive
  3. Sensitive to Bacitracin
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What kind of capsule does Strep A have?

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Hyaluronic acid capsule, which is identical to normal tissue and is anti-phagocytic

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What are the key extracellular virulence factors for strep A?

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  1. Makes pyogenic exotoxins
  2. Makes streptolysin 0 which is hemolytic
  3. Makes DNAases to evade neutrophil traps
  4. Makes streptokinase to lyse blood clots
  5. Makes C5a peptidase to stop attraction of PMNs
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What do pyrogenic exotoxins do?

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superantigens stimulate cytokines storm, nonspecifically activate T cells.

These are encoded by bacteriophages and can cause scarlet fever and toxic shock syndrome

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Two types of clinical presentations of Strep A?

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Suppurative vs. Non suppurative

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Suppurative presentations of Strep A?

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Pharyngitis (Can lead to Scarlet Fever, a super antigen)

Toxic Shock-like syndrome

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Nonsupprative presentations of Strep A?

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Rheumatic fever
Acute glomerulonephritis

Both of these diseases happen after the bug is gone, known as “post suppurative sequelae”

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Rheumatic fever

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Ab to M type from throat infection attack heart/body, requires long term abx to prevent reinfection

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Acute glomerulonephritis

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antigen-Ab complexes deposited in glomeruli s/p throat or skin infection

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How do we treat Strep A?

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PCN G

Cephalosporins

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How do we treat Strep A if the patient also has Staph A?

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PCNase resistant antibiotic

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What pediatric syndrome is associated with Strep A?

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PANDAS

pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder assoicated with group A Strep

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How many more or less strains are there of staph A than strep A?

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90 of Strep A

30 Staph A

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How do we recognize staph A?

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  1. Beta hemolytic
  2. Catalase positive
  3. Coagulase positive
  4. Gram positive cocci
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Staph A characteristics

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Facultative anaerobe
Forms clusters
Common in hospitals
Pus infections

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Besides cellulitis and impetigo which we also see in Strep A, what skin infections do we see in Staph A?

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Furuncles
Carbuncles
Mastitis
Styes

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What type of invasive infections do we see with Staph A?
Deep lesions Bacteremia Septic Shock
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What type of deep lesions do we see with staph A?
Osteomyelitis Septic Arthritis Meningitis PNA
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What type of bacteremias do we see with Staph A?
Endocarditis Pyelonephritis Septicemia (Meningitis and PNA technically fall into this as well)
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How can we kill Staph A with our own defense mechanisms?
Opsonophagocytosis. It is not susceptible to lysis by MAC complex or the classical pathway
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Staph A virulence factors
Pa Likes His Ribs Cooked 4 times ``` Protein A Leukocidin Ribotechoic Acid Catalase Coagulase Capsule Cytotoxins Hyaluronidase ```
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Protein A?
linked to peptidoglycan, binds Fc end of Ab, avoids uptake by neutrophils
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Catalase
defense against phagocytes- breaks down H2O2 during oxidative burst
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Leukocidin
pokes holes in granulocyes
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Ribotechoic acid and techoic
binds ECM to set up shop, techoic acid induces toxic shock
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Coagulase
Walls off abscesses
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Capsule
Can't target this with a vaccine because it has 8 types
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Hyaluronidase
Breaks down Hyaluronic Acid to spread deeper
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Cytotoxins of Staph A and what they do
``` Alpha Hemolysin (forms pores) Beta Toxin (sphingomyelinase C - Hydrolyzes membrane lipids) Delta Toxin (Cytolytic) Gamma Toxin and Panton Valentine Leukocidin (Both of these form pores and lyse neutrophils and macrophages) ```
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Toxin diseases of Staph A
``` Bullous Impetigo Scalded Skin Syndrome Staph Scarlet Fever Toxic Shock Syndrome Food poisoning ```
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Bullous impetigo caused by what toxin from Staph A?
Exfoliatin A, B cause bullous impetigo
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What is the Staph A toxin mediated condition scalded skin syndrome?
ridders disease, Exfolatin serine proteases cause splitting of desmosomes in stratum granulosum of epidermis
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What causes food poisoning in Staph A?
Staph enterotoxin A, B, C, D, E
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What tools do we use to identify Staph A?
• Identify by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis, bacteriophage typing (most strains carry phages)
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Gene for MRSA
mecA gene (encodes PBP2’- altered penicillin binding protein)
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Types of Vancomycin resistance in Staph A?
VISA- vancomycin intermediate S. aureus | VRSA- vancomycin resistant S. aureus
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When are we concerned about Staph Intermedius?
Dog Bite
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Identifying Staph Epidermidis?
Catalase positive, coagulase negative. These are the guys that make biofilms
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Takeaway diseases of Staph Epidermidis?
UTI (the biggie) Osteomyelitis Bacteremia Indwelling device infection
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Structural observations of Alpha Herpes Virus
1. Lipid Bilayer envelope 2. Large genome with double stranded DNA (They encode enzymes for DNA replication so they can survive in cells that don't divide)
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Cells affected by Alpha Herpes Simplex
Infects epithelial cells, latency in sensory ganglia/ neurons
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Life Cycle of Alpha Herpes Virus
1. Lytic Phase - Occurs in epithelial cells 2. Latency phase - Occurs in neurons. Express LAT transcript, DNA remains in nucleus of neuron but no proteins are made. 3. Reactivation - In epithelial regions innervated by a neuron and can be asymptomatic like in HSV-2
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4 Phases of lytic phase
4 phases of gene expression: 1. immediate early (transcription factors) 2. early (enzymes for DNA rep) 3. DNA replication 4. late (structural proteins/ viral assembly)
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Treatment for Alpha Herpes Viruses
1. Herpes Thymidine Kinase | 2. Phosphonoacetic acid/Phosphonoformate
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Effect of Herpes Thymidine Kinase on Alpha Herpes viruses
Drugs are converted from their prodrug form to active inhibitor of DNA replication by the Viral TKs themselves. Examples are acyclovir and gancicyclovir which are used to treat CMV
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What are the effects of Phosphonoacetic acid and phosphonoformate?
Treat CMV by inhibiting the replication of herpes. These are analogs of triphosphate, and thus competitively bind active sites of DNA polymerase, making them useless. The only problem is that this must be given continuously via IV
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Herpes Simplex Virus types
HSV-1 | HSV-2
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HSV-1 Presents as what?
Oral cold sores, can cause blindness (keratitis) and encephalitis. Typically targets Trigeminal ganglia
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HSV-2 Presents how?
Geneital, severe CNS disease in infants. IgG protection on reactivation but only have IgM on primary infection)
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Herpes Zoster Virus presentation
Chicken pox on primary infection and shingles on secondary. Exists as varicella for pox and zoster as shignles. This spreads by the respiratory tract
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How do we test for Herpes Zoster and what should we do to prevent it?
Use a Tzanck smear to find it, which will show synsitia/ multinucleated giant cells. And get the damn live attenuated vaccine for your kids.
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What fungal types are there?
Yeast Mold Dimorphic
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Yeast structure and reproductive traits?
Unicellular fungus that reproduces by budding or binary fission
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Mold structure and reproduction?
Multicellular fungus that has networks of hyphae (mycelium, apical growth) septa (walls) and can have pores. It reproduces by making spores which are dormant dispersal units
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Good targets on fungi?
Cell Wall - Has Chitin-B (1,6) Glucan and B-(1,3) glucan which are not found in humans. Cell Membrane - Ergosterol, also not in humans
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Yeast pathogens
Superficial pathogens. Malassezia yeast and trichosporon
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Mold pathogens
Cutaneous typically. We have microsporum, trichophyton and Epidermophyton
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How do we diagnose fungal infections?
1. Direct microscopy (KOH, calcoflour white) | 2. Culture (Gold standard, use Sabouraud's ager which inhibits bacterial growth)
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Types of antifungals?
Azoles, Polyenes, Echinocandins
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What do azoles do?
Inhibit ergosterol snthesis. They can cause drug reactions and visual disturbances though.
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What do Polyenes do?
Bind ergosterol and make pores for osmotic death (also called amphotericin). Danger for this is renal toxicity
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What do echinocandins do?
Inhibit synthesis of B-glucan and block cell wall synthesis. These drugs end in "fungin" and are broad spectrum
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What immune responses do we have to fungi?
Endothelial cells - Have Dectin-1 receptor to recognize B-glucans. Release defensins Neutrophils target extracellular molds like aspergillus Th1 targets intracellular fungi like histoplasmosis Th17 targets mucosal fungal infections
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How do we classify mycoses?
By their location 1. Superficial 2. Cutaneous 3. Subcutaneous 4. Systemic 5. Opportunistic
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Describe superficial mycoses
outer keratinized skin, mostly yeast
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What is Tinea Versicolor and how can we recognize it?
Tinea versicolor - dandruff, hypo or hyperpigmented macules- caused by overgrowth of malassezia furfur. Culture growth is enhanced by lipids (it is a lipophilic yeast) Looks like spaghetti in stain
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Describe cutaneous mycoses
invasion of epidermis with inflammatory response. Can cause athlete's foot, ringworm and is caused by dermatophytes, the most common being trichophyton, epidermophyton, and microsporum
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Describe subcutaneous mycoses
invasion of subcutaneous tissue, may req surgery, rare, introduced traumatically, infection to dermis, subcutaneous tissue, bone
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Common subcutaneous mycosis
Sporotrichosis (think stuck by a rosebush). Lives in soil, usually starts on hands, lesions and nodules track up lymphatics= "sporotrichoid spread"
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Describe systemic mycoses
inhalation of spores, dimorphic fungi
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Opportunistic Mycoses
Occur in immune compromised hosts

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