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Viral skin Flashcards

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What are the three major skin ailments due to viruses?

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  1. Papillomas
  2. Ulcers/purulent lesions
  3. Childhood rash and fever
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What are the two viruses that cause papillomas/nodules?

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HPV and molluscum

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What are the three viruses that cause ulcers/purulent lesions?

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Herpes
Chicken pox
Small pox

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What are the four viral causes of childhood rash and fever?

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Measles
German measlses
Roseola
Fifth disease

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5
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How are skin infections via viruses infected?

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Virus infects other systems, causes viremia

Viruses direct infection of the skin

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What are the two types of skin lesions caused by viruses? What causes them?

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Infectious and noninfectious

Infex = viral replication

Non-infex = immune response

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What is a papilloma?

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Benign growth on the surface of the skin or mucous membrane

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8
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Hyperkeratosis, and koilocytes, are found with what skin lesion?

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Warts

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9
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Are cutaneous warts painful?

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Generally not

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10
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What is the virus that causes warts?

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HPV

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What are verruca vulgaris? How do these appear?

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Common warts

Rough, cauliflower on hands and feet

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What are verruca plantaris? How do these appear?

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Plantar warts

Grows inward, appears as only thickened keratin layer with punctate hemorrhages

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What are verruca plana? How do these appear?

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Facial warts, smooth

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What is the virus family of HPV? Genome? enveloped?

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papovaviridae
Non-enveloped
dsDNA

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15
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What cell layer actually has virions in them in HPV infections?

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Suprabasal layer

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16
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What cell layer become infected by virions in HPV infections?

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Basal layer of the epidermis

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17
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What are the histological characteristics of a wart relative to normal skin? What causes this?

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Each layer is expanded d/t increased virus signal to grow

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18
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What are the two cell proteins that activate the cell cycle? How does each do its thing?

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HPV E7 and E6

E6 inhibits p53
E7 inhibits Rb

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19
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How are viral HPV classified?

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Mucosal(anogenital)

Cutaneous (common and plantar)

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20
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How are warts transmitted?

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Direct contact with a wart or contaminated surface

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21
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What specific surface is particularly prone to transmit warts?

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Non-slip shower mats

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22
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How do you diagnose warts?

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Clinical appearance

Koloidal cells

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23
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How do Koilocytes appear?

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Nucleus surrounded by a halo of unstained section

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24
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How do you treat plantar warts? (3)

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Cryotherapy
Cytotoxic chemicals
Surgical removal

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25
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What are the HPV strains that cause high risk angogenital warts?

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16
18
31
33

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26
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What are the HPV strains that cause low risk angogenital warts?

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6

11

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27
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What are the HPV strains that cause plantar warts?

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1

4

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28
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What are the HPV strains that cause common warts?

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2
3
10

29
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Do the HPV vaccine protect against cutaneous warts? Genital warts?

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Not for common, but yes for genitals

30
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How does Mollusum contagiosum appear? (3) Pain?

A

Painless

Pearly
Umbilicated (central depression)
Nodules

31
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Where on the body is moluscum contagiosum found for adults?

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Sexy areas

32
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What are molluscum bodies?

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Large, eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion bodies found in molluscum contagiosum

33
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What is the virus that causes molluscum contagiosum?

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Molluscum contagiosum virus

34
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What is the family of Molluscum contagiosum virus? Genome? Enveloped?

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Poxviridae

Large dsDNA

35
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Where does Molluscum contagiosum virus replicate?

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within cytoplasm

36
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How is Molluscum contagiosum transmitted?

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Direct contact with lesions

Fomite transmission

37
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What is the treatment for Molluscum contagiosum virus? Are they self limiting?

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Surgery or cryotherapy

Self limiting

38
Q

Are herpes labialis (cold sore) painful?

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Yes

39
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What is primary herpetic gingivostomatitis?

A

Herpes ulcers on the gingiva. very painful

40
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What is the ocular disease caused by HSV? Initial and chronic symptoms?

A

Herpes simplex keratitis

Inital symptoms = conjunctivitis

Chronic = scar tissue in the cornea

41
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What is the brain disease caused by HSV?

A

Herpes simplex encephalitis

42
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What is herpetic whitlow?

A

Digital infection with herpes

43
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What is the family of herpes virus? Genome? Enveloped?

A

Herpesviridae
Enveloped
dsDNA

44
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What are the two phases of herpes virus?

A

Latent phase

Lytic phase

45
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Recurrent cold sores are caused by latent herpes from what nerve?

A

Trigeminal nerve

46
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What are the two serotypes of HSV? What does each cause?

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HSV 1 = oral lesions

HSV 2= Genital

47
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How is HSV transmitted?

A

Direct contact with lesions or saliva

48
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What is the treatment for herpes? How does this work?

A

Acyclovir – viral thymidine kinase activates it, and it inhibits DNA pol

49
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What is the virus that causes chickenpox?

A

Varicella virus (VZV)

50
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What are the symptoms of varicella infx?

A

Central rash and fever

51
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What are the lesions like in chickenpox? Evolution? Do these lesions evolve together, or separately?

A

Vesicles to pustules to scabs

Lesions evolve separately

52
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Are lesions with chicken pox seen on the soles of feet or palms of the hands?

A

Very rarely

53
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What are the complications with chicken pox? (2)

A

Bacterial infections of the lesions

Pneumonia

54
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What happens to neonates born to mothers with primary chickenpox infection?

A

Low birthweight

Microcephaly

55
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What is the prodrome of herpes zoster (shingles)?

A

Paresthesia

56
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How is herpes zoster reactivated?

A

Immunosuppression of some sort

57
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What are the complications of untreated herpes zoster?

A

Postherpetic neuralgia

58
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What is the distribution of herpes zoster?

A

Dermatomal

59
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What is the viral family of varicella-zoster virus? Enveloped? genome?

A

Herpesviridae
Enveloped
dsDNA

60
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What are the two sensory nerves (or group of nerves) that often hold VZV?

A

Dorsal route

Trigeminal ganglia

61
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How many serotypes of VZV?

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One

62
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How is VZV transmitted (2)?

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Respiratory secretions/saliva

Direct contact with lesions

63
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How do you diagnose VZV? (3)

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Tzanck smear
Serological testing
Latex agglutination

64
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What are the two vaccines for varicella?

A

Varicella vaccine

Zoster vaccine

65
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What does the varicella vaccine contain? How is it prepared?

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Live attenuated virus strain grown in tissue culture

66
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When is the varicella vaccine given?

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1 at 12-15 mo

2 at 4-6 yrs

67
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What does the zoster vaccine protect against? What does it contain? What is it used for?

A

Reactivations of VZV

Higher titer of live attenuated virus like varicella vaccine

Used to prevent shingles for previously infected individuals

68
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What is the treatment for VZV? How sensitive is VZV relative to other HSVs?

A

Acyclovir

less sensitive

69
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What is a Tzanck smear? What is this used to diagnose?

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Smear looking for multinucleated, diagnostic of Herpes.

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