Notes in Pediatric Skin Infections and Disorders

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Published	01/11/2024	Disease Name: {{c2::Impetigo}}What is it: {{c2::Common superficial bacterial skin infection}}What population gets it mainly: {{c1::Most common in chil…
Published	01/10/2024	We are looking at {{c1::Impetigo}}.
Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c1::Bacterial folliculitis}}What is it:{{c2:: Infection of hair follicle: superficial or deep}}What pathogen causes it: {{c2::staph au…
Published	01/10/2024	We are looking at {{c1::bacterial folliculitis.}}
Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c1::Pseudomonal folliculitis }}Pathogen: {{c2::Pseudomonas aeruginosa }}Risk factors: {{c2::exposure to swimming pools}}Presentat…
Published	01/10/2024	We are looking at: {{c1::Pseudomonal folliculitis }}
Published	01/10/2024	What is an abscess?
Published	01/10/2024	What is a furuncle?
Published	01/10/2024	What is a carbuncle?
Published	01/10/2024	How to treat abscess, furuncle, carbuncle?
Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c2::Erysipelas}}Pathogen: {{c1::Group A streptococci}}Presentation: {{c1::Sharply defined erythematous patch or plaque with pain …
Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c1::cellulitis}}Pathogen: {{c2::strep A, gram-positive }}Differentiating factors: {{c2::less superficial than erysipelas}}Causation: {…
Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c2::Necrotizing Fasciitis}} Presentation: {{c1::Acute necrotizing infection involving fascia, following surgery, perforating trauma or de n…
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Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c2::Erythrasma}}Pathogen: {{c1::Corynebacterium minutissimum, Gram positive rods}}Presentation: {{c1::Part of cutaneous flora, Superficial …
Published	01/10/2024	{{c4::Classic genital warts}} (caused by HPV subtypes {{c1::6 and 11}}) are {{c2::caulifower-like}} papules or plaques appearing on {{c3::the penis, t…
Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c1::warts}}Pathogen: {{c2::Human Papillomavirus (HPV): ds DNA virus (lots of genotypes)}}Features: {{c2::warts/cauliflower like papules}}Cl…
Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c1::molluscum contagiosum}}Pathogen: {{c2::Poxvirus}}Presentation: {{c2::umbilicated papules on extremities; Benign viral infecti…
Published	01/10/2024	{{c1::HSV-1}}: cause of most cases of {{c2::orolabial herpes}} and {{c1::HSV-2:}} cause of most cases of {{c2::genital herpes}}
Published	01/10/2024	What are the triggers for orolabial herpes?
Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c1::varicella}}Incubation: {{c2::10-21 days}}Features:{{c2:: Mild fever, malaise, myalgia, Eruption of macules and papules, pruritic}}…
Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c1::herpes zoster}}Features: {{c2::shingles; prodrome of pruritus, tingling, tenderness, and pain }}Characteristc points: {{c2::D…
Published	01/10/2024	What is Hutchinson's sign?
Published	01/10/2024	What is Ramsay Hunt Syndrome?
Published	01/10/2024	What is the best way to diagnose a fungal infection?
Published	01/10/2024	How do azoles work?
Published	01/10/2024	How do echinocandins work?
Published	01/10/2024	How do allylamines work?
Published	01/10/2024	Features of tinea corporis?
Published	01/10/2024	Features of tinea capitis
Published	01/10/2024	Features of tinea facei
Published	01/10/2024	What is tinea cruris?
Published	01/10/2024	Tinea pedis features
Published	01/10/2024	Tinea unguinum features
Published	01/10/2024	Features of tinea versicolor
Published	01/10/2024	Features of a candida skin infection
Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c1::scabies}}Causative pathogen: {{c2::ectoparasitic mite}}Population at risk: {{c2::Immunocompromised individuals and those in congre…
Published	01/10/2024	Disease: {{c1::lice}}Causative pathogen: {{c2::ectoparasitic louse}}Population at risk: {{c2::all, common in kids or congested areas of people}}P…
Published	01/10/2024	When does atopic dermatitis present?
Published	01/10/2024	What are the tell tale signs for a clinical diagnosis of atopic dermatitis?
Published	01/10/2024	What is the pathophysiology of atopic dermatitis?
Published	01/10/2024	{{c1::Filaggrin}} is an important protein required for {{c2::terminal keratinocyte differentiation}}
Published	01/10/2024	A {{c2::loss of filaggrin}} function leads to {{c1::decreased}} “Natural Moisturizing Factor”, {{c1::Increased}} skin permeability, {{c1::Increased}} …
Published	01/10/2024	What is the immunology of atopic dermatitis?
Published	01/10/2024	What is the non-pharma treamtent for atopic dermatitis?
Published	01/10/2024	Presentation of seborrheic dermatitis
Published	01/10/2024	Pathophysiology of seborrheic dermatitis
Published	01/10/2024	Treatment for seborrheic dermatitis
Published	01/10/2024	What is koebnerization?
Published	01/10/2024	What is the pathophysiology of vitiligo?
Published	01/10/2024	Treamtent for vitiligo
Published	01/10/2024	Pathophysiology of Oculocutaneous albinism
Published	01/10/2024	What medication is used to treat infantile hemangioma?
Published	01/10/2024	Complications from infantile hemangioma
Published	01/10/2024	What is a pyogenic granuloma?
Published	01/10/2024	How do vascular malformations present?
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