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Skin infestations and infections 2 Flashcards

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What is the initial presentation of necrotising fasciitis?

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dusky induration (usually of a limb), followed by rapid painful necrosis of skin, connective tissue and muscle

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What is necrotising fasciitis caused by?

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  • Potentially fatal

* Usually synergistic: streptococci, staphylococci, enterobacteriaceae and anaerobes

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What is in the diagnosis and treatment of necrotising fasciitis?

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  1. Prompt diagnosis essential (requires high index of suspicion), followed by broad-spectrum parenteral antibiotics and surgical debridement
  2. MRI can aid diagnosis.
  3. Blood and tissue cultures can determine organisms and sensitivities.
  4. Mortality is high.
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What is it called when necrotising fasciitis affects the scrotum?

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Fournier’s gangrene

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What is atypical mycobacterial infection?

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Important cause of infection in immunosuppressed states

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What do mycobacterium marinum cause?

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  • indolent granulomatous ulcers (fish-tank granuloma) in healthy people
  • Sporotrichoid spread
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What does myobacterium choelonae and abscessus come from?

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puncture wounds, tattoos, skin trauma or surgery

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What does myobacterium ulcerans cause?

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limb ulceration in Africa (Buruli ulcer) or Australia (Searle’s ulcer)

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Where does annular erythema develop (borreliosis lyme disease)?

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at site of the bite of a Borrelia-infected tick

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What does the bite form in lyme disease?

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Ixodes tick infected with Borrelia burgdorferi

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What are the intial cutaneous manifestations in lyme disease?

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  1. Erythema migrans (only in 75%)
  2. Erythematous papule at the bite site
  3. Progression to annular erythema of >20cm
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What are the other manifestations of lyme disease?

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  1. 1-30 days after infection, fever, headache
  2. Multiple secondary lesions develop - similar but smaller to initial lesion
  3. Neuroborreliosis
  4. Arthritis – painful and swollen large joints (knee is the most affected join)
  5. Carditis
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What happens in neuroborreliosis?

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  1. Facial palsy / other CN palsies
  2. Aseptic meningitis
  3. Polyradiculitis
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What is the serology and histopathology like in lyme disease?

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  • Serology not sensitive
  • Histopathology - non-specific
  • High index of suspicion required for diagnosis
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What is tularaemia caused by?

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Francisella tularensis

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What is tularaemia aquired through?

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  1. Handling infected animals (squirrels and rabbits)
  2. Tick bites
  3. Deerfly bites
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What is the form of tularaemia?

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Ulceroglandular form

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What are the symptoms of tularaemia?

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  • Primary skin lesion is small papules at inoculation site that rapidly necroses – leading to painful ulceration
  • +/- local cellulitis
  • Painful regional lymphadenopathy
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What are systemic symptoms of tularaemia?

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fever, chills, headache and malaise

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What is another word for ecthyma gangrenosum?

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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When does ecthyma gangrenosum occur?

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neutropaenic patients

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What does ecthyma gangrenosum look like?

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  1. Red macule(s) to oedematous to haemorrhagic bullae.

2. May ulcerate in late stages or form an eschar surrounded by erythema

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When organisms can cause a similar appearance to escharotic lesions?

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  • Pseudomonas
  • Aspergillosis
  • Leishmaniasis
  • Cryptococcosis
  • Lues maligna
  • Rickettsial infections
  • Cutaneous anthrax
  • Tularaemia
  • Necrotic arachnidism (brown recluse spider bite)
  • Scrub typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi)
  • Rat bite fever (Spirillum minus)
  • Staphylococcal or streptococcal
  • Ecthyma
  • Lyme disease
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What is another name for syphilis?

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Treponema pallidum

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What is the primary infection chancre in syphilis?
painless ulcer with a firm indurated border
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What happens one week after the primary chancre in syphilis?
1. Painless regional lymphadenopathy one week after the primary chancre 2. Chancre appears within 10-90 days
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When does secondary syphilis begin?
50 days after chancre
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What are the symptoms of secondary syphilis?
Malaise, fever, headache, pruritus, loss of appetite, iritis
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Why is syphilis a great mimicker?
``` – low threshold for testing   - Rash (88-100%) -Pityriasis rosea-like rash   - Alopecia (‘moth-eaten’)   - Mucous patches   - Lymphadenopathy   - Residual primary chancre   - Condylomata lata   - Hepatosplenomegaly ```
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What is lues maligna?
Rare manifestation of secondary syphilis
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What happens in lues maligna?
Pleomorphic skin lesions with pustules, nodules and ulcers with necrotising vasculitis
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When is lues maligna more frequent?
HIV manifestation
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What happens in tertiary syphilis?
1. Gumma Skin lesions - nodules and plaques 2. Extend peripherally while central areas heal with scarring and atrophy 3. Mucosal lesions extend to and destroy the nasal cartilage 4. Cardiovascular disease 5. Neurosyphilis (general paresis or tabes dorsalis)
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What is involved in the diagnosis of syphilis?
- Clinical findings - Serology - Strong index of suspicion required in 2ndary  syphilis
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What is the treatment of syphilis?
IM benzylpenicillin or oral tetracycline
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What is the name for leprosy?
Mycobacterium leprae
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What does leprosy affect?
* Obligate intracellular bacteria -predominantly affects skin & nerves, but can affect any organ * Clinical spectrum
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What happens in lepromatous leprosy?
1. Multiple lesions: macules, papules, nodules | 2. Sensation and sweating normal (early on)
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What happens in tuberculoid leprosy?
1. Solitary or few: elevated borders –  atrophic center, sometimes annular 2. Hairless, anhidrotic, numb
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What can TB affect?
- any organ system, including the skin | - 5-10% of infections lead to clinical disease
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How can cutaneous TB be acquired?
1. Exogenously (primary-inoculation TB   and tuberculosis verrucosa cutis) 2. Contiguous endogenous spread –  (scrofuloderma )or autoinoculation –   periorificial tuberculosis 3. Haematogenous/lymphatic   endogenous spread –dissemination   (lupus   vulgaris, miliary   tuberculosis, gummas
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What are the investigations for TB?
1. Interferon-γ release assay (Quantiferon-TB) 2. Histology – ZN stain 3. Culture / PCR
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What are the cutaneous manifestations of TB?
1. Tuberculous chancre 2. Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis 3. Scrofuloderma 4. Orificial TB 5. Lupus vulgaris 6. Miliary TB - 7. Tuberculous gumma
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What is TB chancre?
painless, firm, reddish-brown papulonodule that forms an ulcer
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What is TB verrucosa cutis?
wart-like papule that evolves to form redbrown plaque
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What is scrofuloderma?
subcutaneous nodule with necrotic material - becomes fluctuant and drains, with ulceration and sinus tract formation
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What is orificial TB?
non-healing ulcer of the nasal mucosa that is painful
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What us lupus vulgaris?
red brown plaque - +/- central scarring, ulceration
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What is milary TB?
pinhead-sized, bluish-red papules capped by minute vesicles
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What is TB gumma?
firm subcutaneous nodule  - later ulcerates
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What is molluscum contagiosum?
Poxvirus infection
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When is molluscum contagiosum common?
children and immunocompromised
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What are the differential diagnosis of molluscum contagiosum?
1. Verrucae 2. Condyloma acuminata 3. Basal cell carcinoma 4. Pyogenic granuloma
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What are the treatment options for molluscum contagiosum?
``` ●Usually resolve spontaneously ●Treatment options -curettage -imiquimod -cidofovir ```

Z Year 2 BRS MSK (18 decks)

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