Viral Derm Flashcards
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ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM
- Definition
- Etiology
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- childhood exanthem, 5ths disease
2. parvovirus B19 (highly contagious, droplet spread)
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ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM
- Predisposing conditions
- Clinical features
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- exposure, late winter/early spring, community outbreaks
- incubated 4-14 days; prodrome (fever, malaise, HA, coryza) followed by burning, hot “slapped cheek” then generalized reticular rash 1-6 weeks; adult women may have arthralgia or be asymptomatic
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ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM
- Diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis
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- appearance, serology
2. rubella, rubeola, scarlet fever, roseola, drug reaction, rheumatoid arthritis
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ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM
- Treatment
- Complications
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- supportive (lasts a few days-weeks), NOT contagious once rash appears
- recurrence; triggers - sun, exercise, bathing, stress; miscarriage, hydrops fatalis in pregnancy
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HAND, FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE
- Definition
- Etiology
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- short-lived contagious viral infection
2. Coxsackie A16 virus or enterovirus 71
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HAND, FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE
- Predisposing conditions
- Clinical features
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- late summer/early fall, kids under 5, household contacts, passed by direct contact w/ nasal or oral secretions
- 4-6 day incubation then small vesicles form in mouth; rhomboid/square yellow vesicles appear on hands, feet, buttvesicles –> bullae –> erosions, 7-10 days w/o complications
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HAND, FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE
- Diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis
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- serology, clinical presentation
2. herpangina, aphthous stomatitis, herpes simplex
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HAND, FOOT & MOUTH DISEASE
- Treatment
- Complications
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- symptomatic; recurrence rare; isolate kids 3-7 days to prevent spread
- rare; miscarriage; fetal growth retardation in pregnancy
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HERPES SIMPLEX
- Definition
- Etiology
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- acute, self-limiting viral infection involving skin and mucus membranes
- herpes simplex virus 1 and 2
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HERPES SIMPLEX
- Predisposing conditions
- Clinical features
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- direct contact; droplet infection; open skin
- primary infection: acute development of grouped macules to painful vesicles that erode to crusts; prodrome possible; lesions resolve 2-6 weeks; lies dormant in DRG; many asymptomaticsecondary infect: reactivation of virus; travels through peripheral nerves; predisposed by menses, fatigue, trauma, stress; fewer localized vesicles; prodrome rare
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HERPES SIMPLEX
- Diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis
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- clinical presentation, PCR, Tzanck smear/culture, serum assay
- herpes zoster, herpes gladiatorum
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HERPES SIMPLEX
- Treatment
- Complications
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- symptomatic, topical/PO antivirals, L-lysine
- disseminated herpes simplex, herpetic whitlow (herpes on fingers that can cause circulation problems), erythema multiforme, Bell’s palsy
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VARICELLA
- Definition
- Etiology
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- highly contagious viral infection resulting in lifelong immunity; chickenpox
- varicella zoster virus (herpesvirus 3)
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VARICELLA
- Predisposing conditions
- Clinical features
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- exposure, immunosuppression
- 10-23 day incubation; contagiousness HI 2 days before symptoms until all crust; prodrome 1-2 days; crops of pruritic macules that become teardrop vesicles; surrounding erythema; crust over 6-8 hours; drop off within 1 week”dew drop on a rose petal”
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VARICELLA
- Diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis
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- clinical presentation, PCR, culture, Tzanck smear, serology
- bullous impetigo, disseminated HSV, folliculitis, impetigo, measles
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VARICELLA
- Treatment
- Complications
- Prevention
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- symptomatic in uncomplicated cases; antiviral agents if indicated
- hemorrhagic varicella, 2ary infection, encephalitis, pneumonia, myocarditis, hepatitis, acute hemorrhagic nephritis; can spread in utero during pregnancy; 30% mortality to newborwns
- childhood immunization