Tuesday - anderson - infectious exanthems Flashcards
Exanthem vs enanthem
Exanthem - expressed on cutaneous surface
Enanthem - mucosal surface
What causes common warts, plantar warts, and genital warts. what is another name for genital warts?
HPV
condylomata
Asympotmatic, discrete papular, waxy lesions with an umbilicated (having a small depression that resembles a naval) appearance.
spread how?
treatment?
Molluscum contagiosum (poxvirus)
direct contact
mechanical removal
Another name for smallpox
variola
circular, solitary lesion on hand beginning as an erythematous papule and developing into a vesicle. Happens to people who work with sheep.
Prognosis?
Ecthyma contagiosum (orf virus, a pox virus.)
heals on its own in 30 to 40 days.
Key clinical differences between chicken pox and small pox?
small pox = palms and soles, scabs 10 to 14 days after rash
Chcken pox = seldom on palms and soles, scabs four to seven days after the rash appears.
whitlow
Herpes simplex on the finger
infant seems playful in spite of high fever, 3 days after fever started gets a maculopapular rash (tiny red bumps) on neck and trunk.
exanthem subitum, roseola (herpes virus 6 and 7
adolescent. sore throat, mild fever, enlarged lymph nodes, extreme tiredness that lingers. spleen can enlarge.
What dont you give
mono (epstein barr (herpes class 4))
don’t give ampicillin, you can get a rash
Mouth only variant of hand foot and mouth disease. organism?
what types of rashes appear first for HFM?
Herpangina. coxsackie cirus.
enanthem first, then exanthem
child: flu-like process with mild fever, malaise, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, non-specific maculopapular rash of trunk.
route of entry?
non-specific viral exanthem (echo virus (enterovirus), enterovirus D-68)
fecal to oral
Slapped cheek appearance. Need to keep kid out of school?
Protect who from this?
fifths disease (erythema infectiosum)
parvovirus B19
after rash developes, it is not contagious anymore.
protect pregnant women, this can cause first trimester abortions.
Rhinitis and cough, conjunctivitis, discrete red rash, high fever, oral leasion of koplik spots (white spots in mouth)
Measles (parmyxovirus)
Upper respiratory symptoms, malaise, low grade fever. Shortly after, a fine maculopapular rash on upper body and spreads to lower body that clears in same way. Forchheimer spots (red dots on soft palate) Sometimes lymphadenopathy.
German measles (toga virus)
returned from the caribbean. High grade fever lasting 1-5 days, significant general malaise and vomiting, after fever, a generalized rash sparing the soles and palms
Dengue fever (dengue virus (arbovirus), chikungunya virus)
Mosquito borne