Exam 22: Skin Infections

A public health official was asked to speak about immunizations during a civic group lunch. One parent asked if rubella was still a problem. In answering the question, the official cautioned women planning to have another child to have their present children immunized against rubella. Why did the official make this statement to the group?

The Rickettsial disease that killed Howard Ricketts and Stanislaus Prowazek was

How does coagulase help Staphylococcus aureus evade phagocytes?

Which statement regarding Staphyloccocus aureus is False?

A young mother brings her three-month old baby into the doctor's office where you work as an RN. The baby is miserable and the mother reports that he has developed a fever, which is why she has brought him to the doctor. She tells you that the child is particularly upset when she changes his diaper and that he seems to have diaper rash, which she attributes to the fact that her son's diaper isn't always changed promptly enough at the day-care facility he goes to daily. In fact, she has recently switched him to another facility. You remove the child's diaper and immediately see that he has a very red rash on his buttocks and genital area. There is also red, scaly skin in the area where his diaper touches his thighs. You suspect that this may be more than just a typical case of diaper rash. -You send a skin scraping to the hospital lab for analysis. The report comes back indicating the presence of unicellular organisms that stained with calcofluor white stain, which binds to chitin. This organism is thus a ________, which is a ________ organism.

How does protein A help Staphylococcus aureus evade phagocytes?

Does rubella always lead to congenital rubella syndrome?

Rubella, rubeola, and varicella-zoster are all only acquired via

In S. pyogenes, which of the following interferes with phagocytosis?

The portal(s) of entry for varicella-zoster virus is/are

The MMR vaccine is used to protect against measles, mange, and rubella.

The rubeola virus damages the respiratory mucous membranes of an infected person, putting them at risk of 

The main vector(s) of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the western United States is/are ________.

Why is it important to give the MMRV vaccine to healthy, non-immune contacts of people with immunodeficiencies?

Varicella is a member of the herpes family of viruses and produces a latent infection.

Which genus does not include skin-invading molds?

Which S. aureus virulence factor is not correctly matched with its function?

Why are secondary infections a common complication of measles?

In rare cases, the rubeola virus leads to rapid breathing, shortness of breath, and dusky skin color; these are signs and symptoms of

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is an example of a(n)