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| Enzyme that colonizes oily skin, breaks down fatty acids |
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| Enzyme that braeks down DNA |
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| Enzyme that digests blood clots |
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| Enzyme that attacks connective tissue |
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| Enzyme that blocks neutrophil activity |
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| Enzymes that block neutrophil migration |
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| Enzyme that inhibits phagocytosis |
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| Enzyme that ruptures erythrocytes |
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| Enzyme that causes a red rash and shedding of the skin. |
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| Enzyme that dissolves blood clots. |
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Folliculitis, furuncluosis, carbuncles, sty
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Scalded Skin Syndrome
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| Staphylococcus aureus strains that produce exfoliation toxin |
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| Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococci, Gram + cocci in chains |
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Necrotizing fasciitis
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| Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus |
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Pseudomonas infections
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| Pseudomonas causing superficial rashes, otitis externa, acne, and burns |
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Anaerobic abscesses
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| Bacteriodes fragilis and other anaerobic Gram - non spore forming rods |
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Clostridium perfringens
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Rubeola (measles)
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| Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV) |
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Chicken Pox and Shingles
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Herpes Simplex Virus
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| Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 |
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Cutaneous Mycoses
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| Demotophyes: Trichophyton, Microsporum, Epidermophyton |
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Neonatal Conjunctivitis Ophthalmia
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| Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis |
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Bacterial Conjunctivitis
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| Streptococcus pyogenes, S. pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilius influenzae |
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River Blindness (onchocerciasis)
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| Transmitted by flies, parasite Onchocerca volvulus |
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Scalded Skin Syndrome
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Exfoliation toxin causing desquamation
Similar to systemic impetigo
Mainly affecting babies and newborns
SSSS |
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Impetigo
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From Staph
● Toddlers, school age, adults
● This walled vesicles that rupture and crust over
From Strep Pyognese
● Isolated pustulates which crust over
● Mostly in newborns
● Can be epidemic in hospital nurseries
Pustules, crust
Adults can get it
Most often caused by S. aureus |
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Erysipelas
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Invasive
Enters through small wound or incision
Spreads to dermis and subcutaneous tissue
Often on face and extremities
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Necrotizing fasciitis
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Flesh eating bacteria
Small abrasions on cuts
very toxic strains which grow rapidly, produce invasive enzymes and toxins |
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Pseudomonas infections
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Superficial rash (hot tubs)
Otitis externa
Burn patients
Cystic fibrosis lung infections (P. aeruginosa is the most common
lung infections in Cystic Fibrosis patients
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Measles
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Kopliks spots in mouth
Fever, cough, maulopapular rash
Vaccine available
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Cystic acne
Process involves inflammatory response
Pores become blocked, bacteria use the sebum and break it down
into fatty acids
Lipase
Fatty acids situmlate the inflammatory response |
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Gas Gangrene
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Anerobes: produce collagen and protein degrading enzymes that act
as virulence factors
Charcteristic Odor
Attacks areas of poor circulation
Clostridia ferment the sugars in the tissue and produce hydrogen
and carbon dioxide that swell tissue
Toxins kills tissue and may enter the blood stream to cause
systemic illness
Debridement and amputations are the most common treatments
Hyperbarric chamber to drive Oxygen to wounds
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Rubeola
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Kopliks spots in mouth
Fever, cough, maulopapular rash
Vaccine available
Infects 30 million children per year globally and kills 350k per year
Also known as Measles |
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Rubella
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Very Contagious
Usually mild
Macular Rash
Possible fetal damage if mother infected during first trimester-35%
chance
Congenital rubella sydrome
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Warts; Papillomas
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Different virus types
Plantar warts - HPV-1
Flat warts- HPV 3, 10, 28, 49
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Small pox
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Elevated lesions filled with fluid
Eliminated due to worldwide vaccine (eradication)
Very infectious viral disease (epidemic)
Considered a bioterrorism agent |
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Chicken pox
Shingles
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Vaccine available for chicken pox
Vaccine for shingles in people over 60 (does not cure if you have it)
Common
Benign
Life threatening for immunocompromised individuals
Recuperation can involve Varicella-zoster virus infection
Chx Pox can reemerge as shingles |
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Herpes simplex virus
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Cold sores, fever blisters
90% of people in the US are infected
Spread through oral route
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Cutaneous Mycoses
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| Colonizes outer layer of epidermis |
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Candidiasis
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Known as thrush
Immunocompromised individuals susceptible
Fungal infection
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Neonatal conjunctivitis ophthalmia
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| Occurs in babies less than 28 days old |
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Bacterial Conjunctivitis
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Known as pink eye
Can be both bacterial and viral
Causes redness and inflammation
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Trachoma
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Bacterial infection
Eyelashes grow into eyes, causing blindness
Common in Africa
Vaccine available
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River Blindness (onchocerciasis)
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Chronic
Endemic
Black flies spread disease
Ivermecitin is drug; once a year
Found in S. America and Africa |
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