Skin

Question 1

What pathogen causes impetigo?
Treatment?
Patient population?

Answer 1

Strep
amoxicillin, clindamycin if cant have penicillin
Kids

Question 2

Strep skin infection can lead to what?

Strep throat infection can lead to what?

Answer 2

PSGN

RF and PSGN

Question 3

Pathogen causing erysipelas?
Patient population?
Description of rash?
Treatment?

Answer 3

Strep
Adults
Infection of lymphatics distal to proximal of the arm
Amoxicillin

Question 4

4 step ladder of treament of acne starting with mild all the way to refractory?

Answer 4

Topical retinoids for comedones
BPO for inflamed comedones
Add antibiotics for severe (doxy)
And oral isoretinoins when it is refractory

Question 5

What are the 5 tinea rashes and how to treat each one?

Answer 5

Tinea capitis, oral antifungal
Tinea corporis, topical
Tinea Curis, topical
Tinea pedia, topical,
Tinea on nail, oral

Question 6

Number 1 treatment for eczema?
Number 2?
Number 3?

Answer 6

Avoid trigger
Emulsions
Topical steroids

Question 7

2 treatments for contact dermatitis?

Answer 7

Avoid trigger

If it gets really bad, topical steroids

Question 8

Explain the underlying mechanism of stasis dermatitis?
Treatment?
Association?

Answer 8

Someone has a predisposition to edema, and the skin is stretched and reacts with a erythematous rash.
Get fluid out of legs with diuretics or compression socks
Malleolar ulcers