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SKIN INFECTIONS

BACTERIAL
1. IMPETIGO
  1. CAUSED BY STREPTOCOCCUS OR STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
2. ROSACEA
  1. FREQUENT FLUSHING ACROSS NOSE, FOREHEAD, CHEEKS, AND CHIN
  2. CAN CAUSE HYPERPLASIA IN MEN ACROSS THE NOSE(AKA RHINOPHYMA)
3. CELLULITIS
  1. ACUTE INFECTION OF SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE CAUSED BY STREPT OR STAPH BACTERIA
4. STAPH-RELATED
  1. ACNE VULGARIS
    1. WHEN HAIR FOLLICLE BECOMES PLUGGED WITH OIL AND NECROTIC SKIN CELLS
  2. FURUNCLES(BOIL)
    1. LOCALIZED STAPH INFECTION THAT BEGINS AS INFLAMMATION OF A HAIR FOLLICLE OR SKIN GLAND
    2. A COLLECTION OF THESE IS CALLED "CARBUNCLES"
      1. MAY DRAIN THROUGH MULTIPLE SITES TO FORM AN ABSCESS
VIRAL
1. WARTS
  1. CAUSED BY HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS
2. HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS
  1. COLD SORES
  2. FEVER VIRUS
3. HERPES ZOSTER VIRUS
  1. CHICKENPOX
  2. SHINGLES
FUNGAL
1. TINEA PEDIS(ATHLETE'S FOOT)
2. TINEA CRURIS(JOCK ITCH)
3. TINEA CORPORIS(RINGWORM)
4. TINEA UNGUIUM/ ONYCHMYCOSIS
  1. FUNGAL INFECTION OF TOENAILS OR FINGERNAILS
    1. CAN CAUSE NAILS TO THICKEN
5. CANDIDIASIS(YEAST INFECTION)
PARASITES
1. HEAD LICE(PEDICULUS CAPITIS)
2. BODY LICE(PEDICULUS CORPORIS)(SCABIES)
3. PUBIC LICE(PTHIRUS PUBIS)(CRABS)

SKIN INFECTIONS

	Created by Alex Wyn 25 days ago