Skin and soft tissue infections- Kozel Flashcards

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(blank) is any skin infection that is pyogenic

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pyoderma

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Primary pyoderma can be (blank) or (blank)

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purulent or non-purulent

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What is this:

-vesicular, later crusted, superificl infection of skin

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impetigo

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What causes non-bullous impetigo?

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  • streptococcus pyogenes (20-30%)
  • staphylococcus aureus (now most common)
  • mixed infection
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What is this:
begins as erythematous papules that evolve into vesicles and pustules that rupture
Dries to form honey-colored crusts on erythematous base
typically heals without scars

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Impetigo

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What causes bullous impetigo?

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strain of s. aureus producing exfoliating toxin.

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What does the toxin of bullous impetigo do?

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cleaves dermal-epidermal junctions

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What is ecthyma?

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deeper form of impetigo that presents as ulcerative pyoderma of skin

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Ecthyma follows (blank) or (blank)

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insect bits

minor trauma

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What bacteria causes ecthyma?

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S. aureus and/or S. pyogenes

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Does ecthyma heal with scars or no scars?

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scars

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What is this:

collections of pus within dermis and deeper tissue

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Cutaneous abscess

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What bacteria causes cutaneous abscesses?

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S. aureus, can be polymicrobial

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What are all the purulent primary pyodermas?

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-cutaneous abscess
-folliculitis, carbuncles, furuncles
-chancriform leions
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What is this:

pyoderma located wtihin hair folicle

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folliculitis

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What is this:

inflammatory nodule extending into subcutaneous tissue; follows folliculitis

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Furuncle (boil)

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What is this:

coalescent process involving multiple follicles

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carbuncle

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What is the etiology of folliculitis, carbuncles, and furuncles?

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S. aureus

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What kind of lesions are chancriform lesions?

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ulcerative lesion

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Cutaneous anthrax and venereal infections are forms of (blank) lesions.

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chancriform

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What is this:

  • direct inoculation with bacillus anthracis
  • begins as painless pruiritic papule; enlarges, vesiculates (malignant pustule), becomes necrotic and covered by eschar
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Cutaneous anthrax

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What venereal infections are types of chancriform lesions?

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treponema pallidum and haemophilus ducreyi

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What are other infections that can cause chancriform lesions?

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Franciscella tularensis
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Mycobacterium marinum

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What are these:

diffuse, superficial, spreading skin infections

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Erysipelas and cellulitis

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Is erysipelas and cellulitis associated with collections of pus?
No
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Purulent lesions (discharging pus) require (blank). (e,g abscess, furuncle, carbuncle)
drainage
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Cellulitis requires (blank) therapy
antimicrobial
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(blank) is an infection involving upper dermis and subcutaneous fat
cellulitis
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When do you get cellulitis?
after trauma, or underlying skin lesion (i.e furuncle or ecthyma)
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Describe the symptoms of cellulitis
Pain, erythema, involved area very red, hot, and swollen
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What is the etiology of cellulitis?
Streptococci- Group A and others; less often S. aureus
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If you see the words trauma, water contact, or animal, insect or human bites?
cellulitis
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What is this: superifical cellulitis w/ prominent lymphatic involvement -painful; sharp demarcation from adjacent normal skin
Erysipelas
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What is the etiology of Erystipelas?
S. pyogenes
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What is this: aggressive subcutaneous infection that tracks along the superficial fascia-all tissues between skin and underlying muscle
necrotizing fasciitis
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Necrotizing fascitis most often is an extension from a skin (blank)
lesion
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Necrotizing fasciitis is a (blank) toxicity
systemic
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What is the etiology of necrotizing fasciitis?
``` S. pyogenes S. aureus Vibrio vulnificus Aeromonas hydrophila ****often polymicrobic**** ```
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What are other clinical forms of subcutaneous tissue infection?
- syngeristic necrotizing cellulitis - clostridial anaerobic cellulitis - Misc. infections secondary to trauma
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What are five systemic bacterial infections that produce rashes or skin lesions
- bacteremia - leptospirosis - rat-bite fever - annular erythema - rocky mountain spotted fever
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What causes bacteremia?
S. aureus Group A streptococcus N. meningitidis
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What causes leptospirosis (Weils disease)?
leptospira interrogans
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What causes annular erythema (lyme disease)?
Borrelia burgdorferi
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What causes rocky mountain spotted fever?
rickettsia rickettsii
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What is the rash you see in rat bite fever?
petechial and purpuric lesion
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What is the rash you see in leptospirosis?
macropapular rash
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What is the rash you see in lyme disease?
annular erythema
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What is this: - follows pharyngitis by group A streptococcus, - streptococcal pyogenic exotoxin A (SpeA)
Scarlet Fever
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What is this: - follows local infection by S. aureus - Staph exfoliating toxin
Scalded skin syndrome
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What is this: - follows infection by staph aureus - staph TSST-1 superantigen
Toxic Shock syndrome
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What are the infections following animal contact (6)?
``` Cutaneous anthrax Cat-Scratch disease Erysipeloid Pasteurela multocida Bubonic plague Tularemia ```
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What causes cutaneous anthrax?
bacillus anthracis
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What causes cat-scratch disease?
bartonella henselase
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What causes erysipeloid?
erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
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What animals cause erysipeloid?
fish, marine animals, swine or poultry
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What causes pasterurella multocida?
dog or cat bites
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What causes bubonic plague?
yersinia pestis
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What causes tularemia?
francisella tularensis
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What is this: wound-surgical wounds source- nosocomial, moist environments
Serrtia marcesens
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What is this: wound-cuts and abrasions source-fresh water
aeromonas spp.
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What is this: woud-burns source-environmental
pseudomonas aeruginosa
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What is this: wound-cuts and abrasions source-brackish and salt water
vibrio parahemolyticus
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What is this: wound-battlefield injuries source-nosocomial
Acinetobacter baumanii
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What is this: wound-human bite, fistfight source- human mouth
Eikenella corrodens
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What is this: presence of pus within individual muscle groups usually S. aureus (90%) most cases in tropics
Pyomyositis
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What is this: - necrotic damage to muscle tissue - occurs after muscle injury and contamination with soil or other material containing spores - extreme pain, crepitus due to gas formation, yellowish/bronze discoloration
Myonecrosis/gas gangrene
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What is the etiology of myonecrosis/gas gangrene?
Clostridium perfringens (most common) and other clostridial species
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What is this: The patient is a 6-year-old boy who presented with an apparent skin infection that began as small vesicles that rapidly pustulated and developed thick, golden-yellow crusts shown below. Culture on blood agar is also shown below. Gram stain from the culture is also shown. The patient was treated with cephalex, and the infection resolved over several days. Three weeks after the infection, the patient developed a generalized edema and hematuria with smoky-colored urine. Physical exam found that the patient was hypertensive. A test for anti-DNAse antibodies was positive
poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
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What is this: catalase negative gram positive cocci in pairs or chains typicaly require complex media-blood or serum
Streptococci
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How do you classify strep?
hemolytic patterns on blood agar antigenic-lancefield grouping biochemical (physiological) properties
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How do you classify beta hemolytic strep?
lancefiled grouping
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How do you classify alpha and gamma hemolytic strep?
by biochemical testing
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What is this: Partial hemolysis - greening of agar Numerous species: S. salivaris, S. mitis Normal flora of mucous membranes
alpha hemolytic strep
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What is this: Complete hemolysis - clear zone Streptolysins O and S
beta hemolytic
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What is this: No hemolysis Misc. normal flora, opportunists and anaerobes
Gamma hemolytic or non-hemolytic
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If you see carbohydrate antigen in cell well then what type of strep do you have?
beta hemolytic strep
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Most human pathogens belong to group (blank) and is called strep (blank)
A | pyogenes
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What groups of strep are normal flora of mucous membranes, occasional pathogens?
B,C,F,G,H,K,L
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What groups of strep are in lower animals?
E, M, N
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What group of strep is enterococcus, now enteroccucus faecalis
group D
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Some strep with C. carbohydrate antigen may be (blank), (blank), or (blank)
alpha, beta or gamma
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What diseases does S. pyogenes cause?
pharyngitis, pyoderma, rheumatic fever
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What is the hemolytic pattern of strep pyogenes and what is the serological classification?
beta | A
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What is the hemolytic pattern of strep agalactiae and what is the serological classification?
Beta | B
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What diseases does S. agalactiae cause?
neonatal sepsis, meningitis
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What is the hemolytic pattern and serological classification of strep agalactiae?
beta | B
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What diseases does S. anguinosus, S. equi, etc. cause?
puerperal sepsis, enocarditis
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What is the hemolytic pattern and serological classification of s. anginosus, S equi etc?
Beta | C
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What diseases doesE. faecalis, E. faecium, E. durans (enterococci); S. bovis, S. equinus; (nonenterococci) cause?
endocarditis, UTI
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What is the hemolytic pattern and serological classification of E. faecalis, E. faecium, E. durans (enterococci); S. bovis, S. equinus; (nonenterococci)?
Alpha, beta, or nonhemolytic | D
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What diseases does S. pneumoniae cause?
pneumonia, otitis media, meningitis
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What is the hemolytic pattern of S. pneumonia?
alpha
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What diseases does S. mutans group, S. salivaris group, S. mitis group, etc cause?
subacute endocarditis
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What is the serological classification and hemolytic patterns of S. mutans group S. salivaris group, S. mitis group?
none or viridans group | Alpha or nonhemolytic
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What is the lancefield carbohydrate?
C carbohydrate
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What does the lancefied carb show you?
S. pyogenes (since all are group A) | polymer of rhamnose and N-acetyl-glucosamine
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Where in the cell do you find Lancefield carb (c carb)?
in matrix of cell wal
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What is this: - type specific - subdivides group A into > 100 types - induces type-specific protective immunity
M protein (found in S. pyogenes)
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What are the extracellular enzymes found in S. pyogenes?
streptolysin O, DNAse, hyaluronidase
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What are these caused by: - pharyngitis - skin and wound infections - bacteremia - toxemia - non-suppurative disease (post strep sequelae)
Group A strep infections
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What are the skin and wound infections of group a Strep infections?
impetigo erysipelas cellulitis myositis and necrotizing fascitis
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What is this: | colonization of healthy skin; infection via minor trauma
impetigo
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What is this: | dermal infection with spreading erythema and edema
erysipelas
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What is this: | skin infection that involves subcutaneous tissue
cellulitis
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WHat is this: | skin infection that involves deep subcutaneous tissues, destruction of muscle and fat
myositis and necrotizing fasciitis
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What are the two types of toxemia that Group A strep infections cause?
- Scarlet fever | - Toxic shock-like syndrome (TSLS)
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What are the 2 types of non-suppurative disease -post-strep sequalae caused by Group A strep infections?
glomerulonephritis | Rheumatic fever
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What are the four virulence factors associated with adherence?
Lipoteichoic acid F protein M protein Hyaluronic acid capsule
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What does lipoteichoic acid do?
adhesion to epithelial cells
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What does F protein do?
binds fibronectin, adhesions to nasopharyngeal epithelial cells (sfbl -streptococcal fibronection binding protein I)
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What does M protein do?
binds to epithelial cells
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What does hylauronic acid capsule do?
facilitates adhesion to nasal mucosa | essentia for early colonization
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What are the 2 virulenc factors that avoid phagocytosis?
Hylaruonic acid capsule | M protein
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What is this: - antiphagocytic - essential for virulence - induces solid type-specific immunity; >100 types - Candidate for vaccine development
M protein
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Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins (Spe) can cause (blank) (blank) and (blank)
rash of scarlet fever Toxic shock like syndrome (TSLS) Superantigens
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What are other names for streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins (Spe)?
Erythrogenic toxin, scarlet fever toxin
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What do superantigens of strep pyrogenes cause?
release of IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma
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Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins are coded by (blank)
lysogenic bacteriophage
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What is this: | activates steps in inflammation and septic shock (e.g. complement cascade, cytokine secretion, coagulation cascade)
Lipoteichoic acid
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what are the virulence factors that cause tissue damage and spreading?
- Streptolysin O - Streptolysin S - Streptokinase - Streptodornase - Hyaluronidase
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What is this: | porin; oxygen labile, antigenic, anti-streptolysin O (ASO)
streptolysin O
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What is this: | Oxygen stable; non-antigenic
Streptolysin S
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What is this: | converts plasminogen to plasmin; lyses blood clots
Streptokinase
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What is this: | DNAse; reduces viscosity of abscess material
Streptodornase
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What are these characteristics of: strawberry tongue-> enlarged fungiform papillae Red cheeks and pale area around the mouth -fine, red, and rough-textured, blanches upon pressure
Rash of scarlet fever
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What is the exotoxin that causes fever, rash , systemic effects due to the release of superantigens that stimulate cytokine release of IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, TNF-alpha and INF-gamma
SpeA
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Where is the site of infection for rheumatic fever? Tell me about it
pharynx prior sensitization repeated attacks are common need prophylaxis
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Where is the site of infection for acute glomerulonephritis? Tell me about it
``` skin repeated attacks are rare nephritogenic strains M protein complement levels decreased caused by immune complex problem ```
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When do you get your specimen and what do you take?
before antibiotics | throat swab, pus, blood
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What are the 2 ways to do direct examination for strep?
gram staining | quick strep test
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Hows does the quick strep test work?
lateral flow technology | detects lancefield carbohydrate antigen
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What kind of isolation do you use for strep?
blood agar
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What are the differential tests for strep?
``` Gram positive coccus Beta hemolytic Catalase negative Bacitracin sensitive Tests for Lancefield Group-specific antigen ```
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When do you use serological tests?
for retrospective diagnosis
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What are the 2 available assays for serologic testing?
Anti-streptolysin O | Anti-DNase
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What is this: typically negative in patients with skin infections useful for diagnosis of rheumatic fever not helpful with glomerulonephritis
Anti-streptolysin O
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What is this: antibodies produced after skin infection particularly useful if glomerulonephritis is suspected
Anti-DNase
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Do serological tests imply immunity to infection?
no
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How do you transmit pharyngitis?
via airborne droplets
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How do you transmit skin infection?
by direct contact (hygiene is a major factor)
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What is immunity to strep like
long term (decades) type-specific immunity due to M protein
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How do you control strep?
prompt and complete treatment; eliminate carriers
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How do you treat strep infection?
penicillin (all strains sensitive prompt use reduces antibody response, essential that infection be treated quickly and completely)
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What are some issues associated with strep infection treatment?
possible mixed infection necrotizing fasciitis allergy risk for rheumatic fever
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If you have mixed infection such as S. aureus presenting with your strep how should you treat this?
with oxacillin or vancomycin
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How do you treat necrotizing fasciitis?
high dose penicillin + clindamycin | need for drainage and surgical debridement
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How should you treat step if you have an allergy to penicillin?
clindamycin or a narrow spectrium cephalosporin; perhaps a macrolide-check current AHA recommendations
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What should you do for rheumatic fever?
antibiotic prophylaxis
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Is it common to have MRSA as a monomicrobial cause of necrotizing fasciitis?
no, it is rare
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What are the 2 species of staph that are important?
staph aureus | coagulase negative staph (i.e staph epidermis and other staph species)
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What are the general features of staph?
- gram positive cocci in grape like clusters - aerobic - catalase positive - may have golden pigment - beta or non-hemolytic (depends on hemolysins)
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Is staph highly susceptible to physical and chemical agents?
no it is relatively resistant to these things
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Staph carries mutiple plasmids and bacteriophages such as (blank and blank)
``` penicillinase (beta lactamase) Toxin production (enterotoxin, toxic shock, etc.) ```
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(blank) percent of the S. aureus genome is a core genome conserved among all staph species and strains. The reaminder of genome is mobile DNA (mobile genome)
80
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What are the mobile DNA components of staph?
bacteriophage plasmids transposons staph chromosomal cassette (much like a transposon)
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What is the function of mobile DNA?
virulence factors | antibiotic resistance
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How are the mobile DNA components of staph regulated?
operon-like | ex, accessory gene regulator (agr) -quorum sensing
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What are the infections of skin and subcutaneous tissues caused by staph aureus?
- Impetigo-bullous and pustular | - Abscesses, folliculitis, furuncles, and carbuncles
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S. aureaus accounts for (blank) pecent of impetigo (bullous and pustular type) the reamined is caused by s. pyogenes alone or in combo with s. aureus
80%
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What are the deep infections associated with S. aureus?
- bacteremia - osteomyelitis and septic arthritis - pneumonia - staph enterocolitis (follows upset of normal flora by broad spectrum antibiotics)
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What diseases are caused by staph toxins?
- food poisoning - scalded skin syndrome and bullous impetigo - toxic shock syndrome
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Is staph highly virulent?
no, it is weakly virulent | minimal infecting dose large, predisposing conditions
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What are the lesions like in staph?
suppuration, irreversible tissue damage, scarring
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What are the structural components associated with staph?
capsule peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acids Protein A
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What is the capsule like in staph?
antiphagocytic, made up of type 5 or 8
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The peptidoglycan and lipoteichoic acids in staph contributes to (blank)
inflammation
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Protein A found in staph has a high affinity for (blank)
IgG Fc fragment
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What are the enzymes associated with staph?
coagulase catalase penicilinase
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What does this: converts fibrinogen to fibrin; helps localize lesions marker for species
Coagulase
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(blank) facilitates intracellular survival in staph
catalase
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What are the cytotoxins associated with staph?
alpha, beta delta and gamma toxins, P-V leukocidin | (toxic via various mechanisms for erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets
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Where do you see exfoliatin toxin (ETA and ETB)?
scalded skin syndrome
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What are the three pyrogenic exotoxins for staph?
superantigens staph enterotoxin toxic shock syndrom toxin (TSST-1)
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(blank) are encoded by plasmids (enterotoxins) or bacteriophage (TSST)
pyrogenic exotoxins
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(blank) induce release of IL-1, TNF alpha, and other toxins. Related to strep pyrogenic exotoxins. Have specific toxic activities distinct from superantigen effects.
Superantigens
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What are some staph enterotoxins?
(SEA SEB SEC SED SEE)
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What is this; - ingestion of preformed staph entertoxin - resistant to heat (boiling for 30 min) and gastric enzymes - targets sensory nerve endings in SM of intestine - nausea, cramps, vomiting, diarrhea - recovery in 24 hr
Staphylococcal food poisoning
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What is this: toxemia, bulous impetigo is local form, toxin is a serine protease, cleaves dermal-epidermal junction to form fragile, thin roofed vesicopustules, usually in children
Staph scalded skin syndrome
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(blank) is an infection at distant site with release of exoliating toxin in staph scalded skin syndrome
toxemia
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What toxin is found in staph scalded skin syndrome?
serine protease
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What is another name for staph scalded skin syndrome?
exfolitive skin disease
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the toxemia in this disease produces fever, vomiting, diarrea, rash and shock
staph toxic shock syndrome
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What is the possible mechanism behind staph toxic shock syndrome?
induction of cytokine release IL-1 and TNF alpha increased susceptibility to endogenous endotoxin direct effects on vascular endothelial cels
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TSST-1 production stimulated by poor (blank)
growth conditions
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What are the blood cultures like in staph toxic shock syndrome?
negative
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What are the effects of TSST-1?
fever, systemic effects
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What is the mechanism behind TSST-1?
superantigen: cytokine release: IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, TNF-alpha, INF-g
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What are the specimens you need to get for lab ID of staph ?
pus, purulent fluids, throat, nasal and np swabs, urine etc.
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How can you do directly examine for staph?
pus and CSF
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What should you isolate staph on?
blood agar or selective media (mannitol salt agar)
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What are the differential characteristics of staph?
gram positive coccus catalase positive coagulase positive ferments mannitol
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How can you recognize MRSA?
- chromogenic media with disks of oxacillin or cefoxitin | - PCR for mecA
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What is essential in staph and MRSA lab studies?
antibiotic sensitivity testing
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T or F | Interpretation of positive culture report depends on source of specimen and clinical judgement.
T
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Why do you do subspecies typing?
to identify epidemic strains
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How do you approach subspecie typing?
antibiotic sensitivity patterns (antibiograms) biochemical profiles (biotyping) suscpetibility to bacteriophage (phage typing) nucleic acid analysis
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(blank) is the primary resevor of staph.
Humans
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Staph is part of the normal flora of lower (blank), (blank) and (blank)
large bowel skin anterior nares
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How are staph infections acquired?
air (wound infection) direct contact endogenous
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Carrier rate of staph my be (blank) in normal pop and higher in hospital
30%
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Is there immunity to staph?
no therfore reinfection is common and there is no vaccine
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How can you decontaminate skin staph?
mupirocin
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How do you treat staph?
drain lesion; remove foreign body if present contral underlying diease antibiotics
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What are some good drugs to use against staph?
``` Penicillinase-resistant penicillins, e.g., oxacillin Clindamycin TMP-SMX Doxycycline Linezolid Vancomycin Daptomycin ```
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What are the common ways you get antibiotic resistance with staph?
penicillinase producing S. aureus (very common) Rsistance to intermediate levesl of vancomycin (VISA) vancomycin resistan S. aureus (VRSA
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What is VISA?
Thicker, more disorganized cell wall with free ala-ala groups Acts as a decoy for vancomycin
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What is VRSA?
Due to vanA gene operon – encodes ala-lactate production Requires rigorous susceptibility testing Still relatively rare
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Where does MRSA lie?
on a mobile genetic element called SCCmec (staph chromosome cassette)
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What makes up SCCmec?
``` regulate genes (negative repressor operon) -mecA ```
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What is MecA?
encoded PBP 2a w/ low affinity for beta lactam antibiotics
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what is this: Associated with risk factors, e.g., surgery, indwelling catheter, etc. Multi-resistant
Health care-associated MRSA (HCA-MRSA)
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``` What is this: No/limited risk factors Most common cause of skin and soft tissue infections in community Usually carries the PV leukocidin Pauci-resistant ```
Community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA)
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how do you control staph infection?
decolonization of colonized patients or carriers – 1 week of body washing with chlorhexidine + nasal mupirocin
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``` The patient is a 6-year-old male who complained of pharyngeal pain and had a temperature of 101°F. The pharyngeal membrane was fiery red, and a thick exudates covered the pharyngeal membrane and tonsillar area. A quick test for Streptococcus pyogenes antigen was positive. The patient will likely develop a protective antibody-based immunity to the specific serotype of the infecting strain. What is the antigen recognized by this protective antibody? A) Streptococcal M protein B) Lancefield group A carbohydrate C) Streptococcal hyaluronic acid capsule D) Cell wall peptidoglycan E) Streptolysin O ```
A
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A culture of skin lesions from a patient with pyoderma (impetigo) shows numerous colonies surrounded by a zone of beta-hemolysis on a blood agar plate. A gram-stained smear from the lesion shows gram-positive cocci. A catalase test of a beta-hemolytic colony is positive. Which of the following bacteria is the most likely cause? ``` A) Streptococcus pyogenes B) Staphylococcus aureus C) Staphylococcus epidermidis D) Viridans streptococcus E) Staphylococcus saprophyticus ```
| A) Streptococcus pyogenes
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``` Scarlet fever is a potential complication of streptococcal pharyngitis. The clinical signs of scarlet fever could be blocked by administration of antibody to this bacterial product. A) Peptidoglycan B) Teichoic acid C) Lancefield C carbohydrate D) Streptolysin O E) Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins ```
E