Skin Bacterial Infections CS-OSPE

Boil or furuncle

  • If eczema happened around it, itchy = infective eczema

Carbuncle

Deep infection of interconnected hair follicles

Diagnosis:

  • Carbuncle

Treatment Option/Management:

  • Incision and Drainage (I&D) / Drainage
  • Systemic antibiotic / Topical and systemic antibiotics

Cellulitis

Case Description/History:

  • There is erythema, edema, and tenderness
  • History of fever, chills, wound

Diagnosis:

  • Cellulitis

Responsible Organism/Cause:

  • Group A streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus (gram +)

Describe/Characteristics:

  • The subcutaneous tissues are involved and the area is more raised and swollen, and the erythema less marginated.

Differential Diagnosis:

  • Necrotizing fasciitis
  • Superficial Thrombophlebitis
  • Contact dermatitis (CNS)

Superficial Cellulitis:

  • Erysipelas, it’s marked with dermal lymphatic involvement.

Risk Factors:

  1. Local trauma
  2. Underlying skin lesion
  3. Inflammation
  4. Edema and impaired lymphatics in the affected area

Management & Treatment:

  • Full history
  • Examination
  • Education
  • Elevation and rest / Elevation of the area to decrease edema / Elevation of involved area
  • Systemic antibiotics oral or I.V / IV Antibiotic / Systemic Broad spectrum Antibiotic
  • Hospitalization
  • Cold-wet dressing
  • Rest
  • Topical steroids (note: often not primary treatment for cellulitis, but listed in source)

Impetigo

Case Description/History:

  • Facial rash. The rash is not painful, but occasionally burns and itches
  • An 8 Y\O girl with 2 days history of erythema on the upper cutaneous lip extending onto the nose, no elsewhere.
  • This child got this infection from daycare.
  • A five – year - old boy developed vesicles on his face that were not painful or pruritic, but some of the ruptured and crusted.

Diagnosis:

  • Impetigo

Differential Diagnosis:

  • Contact dermatitis
  • Herpes simplex
  • Discoid dermatitis
  • chickenpox
  • measles

Responsible Organisms/Cause:

  • Superficial Bacterial Infection
  • Crusted ulcerated by Group A streptococcus and bullous type by Staphylococcus aureus.

Describe/Morphology:

  • Papules and plaques with overlying honey-colored crust.

Types/Clinical Variants:

  1. Non-bullous impetigo contagiosum (golden appearance)
  2. Bullous impetigo (flaccid bullae with clear yellow fluid, which later becomes purulent)
  3. Ecthyma deep impetigo (“punched out” ulcers covered with yellow crust surrounded by raised margins)

Diagnostic Question:

  • If any one have the same Symptoms of his family / If any one have the same Symptoms in family

Management & Treatment:

  • Full history
  • Examination
  • Education
  • Topical or oral antibiotics

Secondary Syphilis

Secondary Syphilis


Erythema Nodosum

Diagnosis:

  • Erythema nodosum

Two Diseases associated with it:

  • Panniculitis
  • Crohn’s disease

Panniculitis

What is the name of this condition?

  • Panniculitis

Mention one condition that could be associated with this condition?

  • Addison disease