skin and soft tissue infections Flashcards
1
Q
approach to skin and soft tissue infections
A
- assess appearance
- assess epidemiology
- assess host suceptibility
2
Q
in cellulitis the appearance is often similar regardless of organism
A
yep
3
Q
common cuase of folliculitis
A
pseudomonas aeruginosa
4
Q
both molluscum contagiousum and cryptococcus neoformans have small central umbilicated lesion but
A
cryptococcus will present with systemic symptoms