viruses Flashcards
HSV lives in the ?
dorsal root ganglion, reactivates with stress, trauma
HSV 3 (zoster/Chicken pox) diag?
Clinical - dew drops in different stages of healing. Small pox is all 1 stage of healing
How can you tx or prevent varicella?
vaccination, Tx is supportive
Dermatome pattern, unilateral
Shingles
Trigeminal nerve Dermatome pattern
Herpes Ophthalmicus
Hutchinson sign
herpetic lesion to tip of nose
After zoster has resolved and has painful neuralgia
Post-herpetic neuralgia - TX: steroids, gabapentin
TRIAD: Pharyngitis, posterior lymphadenopathy, fever is?
mononucleosis - Burkitt lymphoma
maculopapular/petechial rash (will definitely appear if you treat with amoxicillin –
happens when misdiagnosed as strep throat)
mononucleosis
mononucleosis Complications
splenic rupture, pericarditis,
mononucleosis Dx
Heterophil antibodies ( false + RPR) T spot, clinical diagnosis
mononucleosis tx?
supportive (do not give ASA b/c of concern for Reyes syndrome), No contact sports
Cytomegalovirus tx?
Ganciclovir, Foscarnet
Severe CMV in what 2 populations?
Congenital (micrcephaly, rash) or HIV (retinitis”pizza pie lesion)
Sudden high fevers then days later rash starts as the child is getting better. Rash starts on Trunk and moves to head and neck
Roseola/“Sixth disease” “Exanthem subitum”
What do you not give Roseola?
No ASA, give tylenol
congenital rubella lead to what 3 things?
Microcephaly
PDA (patent ductus arteriosus)
Cataracts
Fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis
● Koplik spots (not always seen)
● Rash starts on head and spreads
● Rash “stains” (turns brown)
Measles - rash from head and M spreads
Parvo B19 causes
Erythema Infectiosum:“Fifth Disease” Slap cheek
Genetic drift and shift leads to mutation in what virus?
Flu - shift is more violent and major mutations