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Disease: Enteric fever
Manifestations: "rose spots" |
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Diseases: meningitis; septicemia
Manifestations: petechial or maculopapular lesions |
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Disease: septicemia
Manifestations: ecthyma gangrenosum |
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| Treponema pallidum/T. pertenue |
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Diseases: syphilis/yaws
Manifestations: disseminated rash |
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Diseases: typhus; spotted fevers
Manifestations: macular or hemorrhagic rash |
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| Staphylococcus aureus - most common cause of minor skin infections |
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Definition
Diseases: toxic shock syndrome (#1 cause)
Manifestations: rash and desquamation |
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| Blastomyces dermatidis; Cryptococcus neoformans |
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Definition
Diseases: blastomycosis; crptococcosis
Manifestations: Papulae or pustule, develop into lesions |
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| Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A streptococci) |
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Definition
Cellulitis - Necrotizing fasciitis (other diseases: pharyngitis; Scarlet fever; toxic shock)
Diagnosis: gram stain (cocci in chains); culture (sensitive to Bacitracin) |
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| Clostridium perfringens & Clostridium tetani |
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Myonecrosis & Tetanus
Diagnosis: gram stain (rods with spores at end); culture (anaerobic) |
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Skin infections from animal bites
Diagnosis: Bipolar stain (Giesma); culture |
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Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)
Diagnosis: biopsy reveals acid-fast rods; culture in mice, armadillos, monkeys; symptoms |
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| Tinea versicolor (whitened) |
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Tinea capis - ringworm
Tinea capitatis - scalp itch |
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Tinea cruris - jock itch
Tinea pedia - athlete's food
Tinea ungium - nail rot |
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| Candida albicans (cutaneous) |
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| Sporothrix schenkii (subcutaneous) |
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| Phialospora & Cladosporium (subcutaneous) |
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| Rhizopus oryzae (subcutaneous) |
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