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The Skin and Beyond: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

The Skin and Beyond: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections. Presentation to: Infectious Disease Update for the Primary Care Physician Methodist Healthcare John Sinnott, MD, FACP Associate Dean, International Affairs Director, Signature Program in Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Disease

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The Skin and Beyond: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

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  1. The Skin and Beyond:Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Presentation to: Infectious Disease Update for the Primary Care Physician Methodist Healthcare John Sinnott, MD, FACP Associate Dean, International Affairs Director, Signature Program in Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Disease Director, Division of Infectious Disease University of South Florida, College of Medicine

  2. Pretentious Quote: … [T]he skin has diseases, one of those diseases is man. Friedrich Nietzsche

  3. In General: Skin Lesions  TumorsRashes

  4. Melanoma: • A symmetric • B order — irregular • C olor — pigment variable • D iameter > 0.5 cm

  5. Skin Infections:

  6. Pathogens: • Impetigo contagiosum – GAS • Impetigo bullosum – Staph • Erysipelas – GAS • Cellulitis – Staph, GAS • Fasciitis – GAS, Mixed • Myositis – Clostridia

  7. CA-MRSA: NB • CA – MRSA is increasing and may become more like HA-MRSA DM, prisoners, contact sports are old risk groups; now everyone is at risk

  8. Variant Cellulitis: Bites or Water !

  9. Edwardsiella: Treatment • All edwardsiella naturally sensitive to: • Tetracyclis, aminoglycosides, most B-Lactams, quinolones, antifolates, chloramphenicol, nitrofurantoin, and fosfomycin • All edwardsiella naturally resistant to: • Macrolides, lincosamides, streptogramins, glycopeptides, rifampin, fusidic acid, and oxacillin Stock I, Wiedemann B. Natural Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Edwardsiella tarda, E. ictaluri, and E. hoshinae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2001 August; 45 (8): 2245-2255. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition. Kasper D, Braunwald E, Fauci A, et al, Eds. 134: 6. 2006

  10. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: “NSTI’S” • Meleney's synergistic gangrene • Clostridial anaerobic cellutis • Clostridial gas gangrene • Necrotizing fasciitis • Type 1 NF- polymicrobial (Fournier’s) • Type 2 NF- Grp A Strep (IVIG, HB O2)

  11. Gas in Soft Tissue: • Non-bacterial Causes • Trauma / Surgery • Air Injection • H2O2 Irrigation • Bacterial • Glucose Fermenting

  12. Diagnosis NSTI’s: • Serial exams! • Serial exams! • Soft tissue X- ray, MRI, CT • Low threshold for surgery • Full thickness frozen-section Bx • Direct visualization • Gram stain

  13. Management and Therapy: • Hemodynamic stabilization, nutrition, lytes, fluid resuscitation, oxygenation • Early, aggressive and repetitive debridement • Early, aggressive and repetitive debridement • Hyperbaric tx • A-B’s

  14. 37 y/o male with alcoholic cirrhosis admitted for RLE cellulitis; DX necrotizing fasciitis, BCX grew Group Strep A

  15. 37 y/o male with alcoholic cirrhosis admitted for RLE cellulitis; DX necrotizing fasciitis, BCX grew Group Strep A

  16. 37 y/o male with alcoholic cirrhosis admitted for RLE cellulitis; DX necrotizing fasciitis, BCX grew Group Strep A

  17. Miscellaneous Dermatologic Manifestations of Disease: • Pseudomonas folliculitis • Herpetic Whitlow • Herpes Gladiatorum • Molluscum Contagium • Seborrheic Dermatitis • Secondary Syphilis

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