What is a dermatophyte infection?
Fungal infection
What is the name for ringworm?
Tinea
Where is Tinea Capitis found?
Scalp (cap)
Where is Tinea Barbae found?
Beard
Where is Tinea Corporis found?
Body
Where is Tinea Cruris found?
Groin
Where is Tinea Manuum found?
Hand
Where is Tinea Pedis found?
Foot
Where is Tinea Unguium found?
Nails
What is the treatment for ringworm infections?
Clotrimazole
Candida Albicans is a commensal of where?
Mouth and GI tract
Where does Candida Albicans commonly infect?
Skin, mouth, vagina, glands of penis, skin folds, nail beds
What is the treatment of Candida Albicans?
Nystatin or Miconazole
Describe Pityriasis vesicolour lesions?
Multiple hypopigmented scaly macules
Where are pityriasis versicolour lesions commonly found?
Trunk and back
Treatment for pityriasis versicolour?
Imidazole cream
What is impetigo?
Bacterial infection that causes sores and blisters
What bacteria commonly causes Impetigo?
S. Aureus
What group does Impetigo commonly occur in?
Children
What is the treatment for Impetigo?
Fusidic Acid
Flucloxacillin
What is Bullous Impetigo and what can it lead to?
Impetigo that causes blisters
Can lead to Staph Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS)
What is Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome?
Widespread red blistering skin that looks like a burn or scald
What is the treatment for SSSS?
Fluclox
What group are you worried about in SSSS
Adults (50% mortality)
Children not too worried
What are the symptoms of cellulitis?
Hot, tender leg erythema
Often lower leg
Often blisters and swells
What are the main causes of cellulitis?
Strep Pyogenes
S. Aureus
What is Erysipelas?
Acute well defined cellulitis that is often found on the face
What is the treatment for cellulitis?
Penecillin
What causes Necrotising Fasciitis?
Group A Strep
Others
What is the treatment for necrotising fasciitis?
Urgent surgical debridement
Benzylpenecillin and Clindimycin
What is the viral infection that causes warts?
Human Papilloma Virus
What strains of HPV cause warts?
1-4
What strains of HPV cause genital warts?
6 and 11
What strains of HPV cause cancer?
16 and 18
What are the treatments for warts?
Salicylic Acid
Crytotherapy
(Screen for UTIs in genital warts)
What is this describing?
Small, umbilicated translucent papules that look fluid filled but are solid.
Molluscum Contagiosum
What group is Molluscum Contagiosum common in?
Children
What is the treatment for Molluscum Contagiosum?
Usually self-limiting
May try cryo
What virus causes Molluscum Contagiosum?
Poxvirus
What is orf?
Disease of sheep that can cause people to develop lesions on the hands
What causes orf and what is the treatment for orf?
Poxvirus
None, self-limiting
What does Herpes Simplex cause?
Gingivostomatitis and cold sores
What is the treatment for HSV?
None or
Aciclovir
What two diseases can Varicella Zoster Virus cause?
Varicella (Chickenpox) Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
What causes shingles?
Reactivation of latent varicella virus
What is the treatment for Herpes Zoster (Shingles)?
Aciclovir