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Macula |
A small pigmented area or a spot that appears separate or different from the surrounding tissue. |
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Papule |
A small solid raised skin lesions less than 1 cm in diameter. |
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Plaque |
A flat, often raised patch on the skin |
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Vesicle |
A small, fluid-filled blister |
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Bulla |
A thin-walled blister greater than 1 centimeter in diameter containing clear serous fluid |
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Pustule |
A small circumscribed elevation of the skin containing purulent fluid |
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Ulcer |
A circumscribed, crater-like lesion in the skin |
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Infection of the Keratin layer of the epidermis is often caused by what organism? |
Dermatophyte fungi |
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Pyogenic infections include what? |
Folliculitis, furnucles, carbuncles, erysipelas, cellulitis. |
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Diseases of the muscles include what? |
Necrotizing fasciitis, myositus or myonecrosis. |
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Necrotizing fasciitis is caused by what organisms? |
Usually caused by group a strep, clostridium, staph aureus, bacteroides, aeromonas. |
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Myonecrosis is caused by what organisms? |
Clostridium causes gangrene. |
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Human bites are caused by what organisms? |
Commonly polymicrobial and caused by normal oral Flora, both aerobic and anaerobic |
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Dog and cat bites are most commonly caused by what? |
Was coming caused by pasteurella, staph aureus, capnocytophaga, B. Bronchiseptica, and N. wearvi |
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Snake bites are normally caused by what organisms? |
Gram-negative rods and clostridia |
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Rat bites are caused by what organisms? |
Streptobacillus monilformis, spirillium minus. |
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Postoperative wounds are usually caused by what organisms? |
Staph aureus, coag neg staph, gram-negative rods |
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Burns are most commonly associated with what organisms? |
Streptococci, s. Aureus, s. Epi. Enterobactereace, pseudomonas, candida, aspergillus, various anaerobes. |
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Decubitus ulcers |
Pressure sores caused by decreased Mobility. Often in areas where contamination with normal bowel floor is likely. Anaerobes, enterobacteriaceae , enterococcus, MRSA. |
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Nodular lymphangitis |
Sporothrix scenkii, N. Brasiliensis, m. Marinum, leishmania, f. Tularensis |
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Skin lesions secondary to bacteremia are? |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, vibrio vulnificus, aeromonas. Rash of secondary syphilis |
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Characteristic rashes associated with zoonotic, viral and parasitic diseases include: |
Borrelia, rickettsia, Bartonella. Measles, rubella, parvo b19, vzv, HSV. Schistosoma, filarial worms, hookworms. |
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What are the four ways to obtain specimens for skin and soft tissue infections? |
Drainage, dermal scrapings, needle aspirates, swabs, tissue. |