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Microbiology - Scabies and Pediculosis
Microbiology - Scabies and Pediculosis
Scabies
Sarcoptes
Burrows
Eggs,
Arachnid,
Epidemiology
Worldwide,
Clinical manifestations
Intense
Diagnosis
Clinical
Skin
presentation.
Complications
Secondary
impetiginization.
Eczematous
eruption.
Scabies
Delayed
hypersensitivity reaction.
used.
Norwegian scabies
Severe
variant.
Institutionalized
persons, down
syndrome, and AIDS patients.
Hyperkeratotic
Secondary
crusted nodules.
bacterial infections,
septicemia and death.
Treatment
1%
prevention
Gloves.
Prophylactic
contacts.
Isolation
items.
Pthirus pubis
Crab
louse.
Could be found other than genital region.
2mm in length, powerful legs, hair attachment,
moves slowly.
Incomplete metamorphosis, eggs, nymph and
adult.
Eggs operculated, shiny, stick to hair (nits)
Clinical manifestations
Pruritis.
Maculopapular
rash.
Excoriation.
Eye
lashes scaling.
Skin thickening, macular swellings,
hyperpigmentations, Subcutaneous
hemorrages (Vagabonds disease).
Diagnosis
Clinical
Nits,
manifestation.
Treatment
Lindane.
Permethrin.
Antipruritic
drugs.
Gardnerella vaginalis
Hemophilus
vaginalis, Corynebacterium
vaginalis.
Gram variable, although amino acids and
fatty acids analysis shows gram positive,
oxidase and catalase negative
Enriched media, beta hemolytic colonies
on human blood.
Endotoxin but no lipid A.
Epidemiology
69%
No
signs or symptoms.
100%
Pathogenesis
Pili
Clinical manifestations
Bacterial
vaginosis:
Present
Diagnosis
Small
Beta
pinpoint colonies.
Blood
Catalase
positive.
Treatment
Penicillin.
Ampicillin
Gentamycin.
Metronidazole.
Clindamycin.