skin

Question 1

Staph aureus diseases

Answer 1

SSSS, folliculitis, furnucles, carbuncles, impetigo

Question 2

Staph aureus virulence

Answer 2

protein A blocks Fc region of AB. coagulase

Question 3

necrotizing fasciitis organism

Answer 3

strep pyogenes

Question 4

flesh eating symptoms

Answer 4

quick onset. enters via DEEP wounds. toxin breaks down muscle and fat.

Question 5

pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer 5

infects dermis. more blue and green u see=more bacteria. risky for burn victims and immunocompromised bc it inhibits cell repair. exotoxin A blocks protein synthesis, pyoverdin locks up iron, pyocyanin causing neutrophils to harms surrounding cells

Question 6

spotted fever organism

Answer 6

rickettsia rickettsii

Question 7

spotted fever symptoms

Answer 7

non-itchy rash, transmitted via tick. if not treated-organ failure

Question 8

eschar is caused by

Answer 8

bacillus anthracis. a black painless ulcer. from animal interaction

Question 9

gas gangrene organism

Answer 9

clostridium perfringens

Question 10

gas gangrene symptoms

Answer 10

death of muscle and tissue and gas bubbles produced. when endospores get into wound. risk for those with diabetes

Question 11

mycoses types

Answer 11

superficial: outer skin layers and nails. by Malassezia furfur
cutaneous: in the derma

Question 12

what toxin does Malassezia furfur have

Answer 12

keratinase