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Skin diseases
skin diseases
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Professional
04/12/2010

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Term
Things to consider when diagnosing disease
Definition

the same bacteria may cause diffrent types of disease

diffrent bacteria can cause same disease states

Term
Skin consists of
Definition

Dermis

Emidermis

    Keratin

nails

hair and hair folicles

sweat glands

Term
Agent of Staphlylococcus Skin infection
Definition

Staphylococcus Aureous

gram positive cocci that has coagulase

Term

haif folicle infection

Folliculitus

Definition
bump or pimple, infection at the hair folicle
Term

hair folicle infection

Furuncles

Definition
Boil, infection has spread to the local tissue.
Term

hair folicle infection

Carbuncle

Definition
Infection spreads to large area. may have several sites of draining. puss.
Term

hair folicle infection

stye

Definition
Infection of the eyelash folicle
Term

Staphylococcal Scallded Skin Syndrome

(SSSS)

 

Definition

Agent=staphylocoocus Aureous

Staphylococcal exfoliantins cause skin to appear red and develop fluid filled blisters. skin peels off like severe sunburn.

potentially fatal to to infants and sometimes children and adults

secondary infections caused by pseudomonas and Canadid common

Term
Impetago
Definition

Agent= Stapphylococcus Aureus 80% strepptococccus pyogenes

infecton is pyoderma

even though Staph Aureus is the primary cause of infection streptococcus is the primary cause of epidemics.

Term
pyoderma
Definition
pus causing skin infection
Term
Cellulitus
Definition

agents= staphylococci and streptococcus.

symptoms- redness, swelling of skin, pain, fever, lymphagotis

caused by= a break in the skin, surgical wound, bug bite

Antibiotics= oral or IV

Term
Erysipelas
Definition

agent= Streptococcus pyogenes

symptoms red raised edgy patterns

appear on the face and on the body

ussually preceded by stretococcal pharyngites.

Term
Necrotizing Faciitis
Definition
Agent= Streptococcus pyogenes
Term
Acne
Definition

Agent= Propruonibacterium acne

anareobic Gram+ diptheroid

Comedonal Acne- Sebum cloogged folicles (blackheads and whiteheads) create an anerobic condition

Inflamitory acne

nodulelar or cystic acne

Term
comedonal Acne
Definition

Agent= Propruonibacterium acne

sebum clogged follicles (blackheads and whiteheads) create an anerobic condition for propruonibacterium acnes

Term
Cutaneous Anthrax
Definition

agent= bacillus anthrax, gram positive endospore and capsule forming

characterized by formaition of esoher, a boil like lesion with a black center.

20% fatality if untreated.

zoonosis

Term

Pseudomonas

 

Definition

Agent=psedomonas aerugenosis

blue green puss

burn infection

skin infection

nail infection

Term
Rocky mountain spotted tick fever
Definition

Agent= Rickettsia Rickettsi, a gram negative coccobacillus obligate intracellular bacterium.

Vector= Dermatantor species, dog and wood ticks

Rash, disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Cardiovascular disease that presents as on skin

Term
Warts
Definition

papillomavirus

seed plantar or flat

benign

some hpv strains cause genital warts such as oncogenic

Term
smallpox
Definition
variola major
Term
chickenpox/shingles
Definition
herpes variceller, Herpes zoster
Term
Measles (rubaeola)
Definition

Morbillivirus

macular rash

Koplicks spots in the mouth

Term
5th disease
Definition

human paravirus b19

 slapped check syndrome

TORCh

Term
Roseola
Definition
Roseola virus, hhv6
Term
Human herpes virus 1
Definition

hhv1- herpes means to creep

effects the ganglion

causes fever blisters cold sores whitlos

Herpes Gladiorium

Term
Orthopoxwiruses
Definition

cowpox-varioloa minor- mortality rate of less than a percent

Smallpox varioloa major- mortality rate of twenty percent or more

Term
Chickenpox/shingles
Definition

initial infection is caused by chickenpox (virricella) virus moves up the perifreal nerve.

reoccurance of the infection- shingles (herpes zoster) virus moves down the perifreal nerve

Term
Rubella German measles
Definition

rubivirus

Macular rash

TORCH disease

Congenital birth defects

Term
Macular rash
Definition
skin eruption with flat less than one cenetemeter
Term
Torch disease
Definition

TORCH complex (also known as TORCHES or the TORCH infections) is a medical acronym for a set of perinatal infections (i.e. infections that are passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus).

  1. TToxoplasmosis / Toxoplasma gondii
  2. O – Other infections (see below)
  3. RRubella
  4. CCytomegalovirus
  5. HHerpes simplex virus
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