Micro - Chp 26 - 01
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 microbial attack (skin) | breach, systemic infection, toxin-mediated |
| macule | flat,red; local inflamm immune response, infiltrating leukocytes |
| papule | raised,red; more inflamm (neighbors): |
| vesicle | small blister; microbes invade epithelium |
| ulcer | epithelium ruptures |
| papilloma | microbe grows in epithelium (wart) |
| abscess formation (skin) | boils/carbuncles -> folliculitis (infection, hair follicle) |
| spreading infections (skin) | impetigo, erysipelas |
| impetigo | bullous, crusted, pustular eruption of skin |
| erysipelas | dermal lympathics blockage (face, legs, feet) |
| necrotizing infection (skin) | fasciitis, gangrene, myonecrosis |
| fasciitis | inflamm response to infection of soft tissue below dermis |
| staphylococcus aureus | most common skin infection, intense inflamm |
| streptococcus | strips of cocci |
| staphylococcus | clusters of cocci |
| staphylococcus aureus (2-4 days) | boils form |
| staph aureus (treatment, general) | drainage, antibiotics |
| MSSA | methicillin-susceptible staph aureus |
| MRSA | methicillin-resistant staph aureus |
| MSSA (treatment) | penicillin (nafcillin) |
| MRSA (treatment) | vancomycin, linezolid, quinopristin-dalfoprisin, daptomycin |
| staph aureus (treatment, reccurent) | mupirocin (nasal cream) |
| staph aureus (disease) | scalded skin syndrome, toxic shock syndrome |
| scalded skin syndrome | staph aureus, blisters, overlying skin lost, underlying skin normal |
| toxic shock syndrome (TSS) | staph aureus, fever/hypotension/macular erthematous rash -> desquam soles/palms |
| toxic shock syndrome (toxin) | TSST1 |
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