Cellulitis and Insect Bites

-Caused by Staph and Strep infections.

-caused by MRSA is more serious.

Screen Shot 2018-10-02 at 8.31.57 AM.png

CAT BITE 

-infected with Pasteurella multocida.

Watch for bone and joint infection.

HUMAN BITE 

-Irrigate copiously. Treat with Amoxicillin Clavunate.

DOG BITE 

Most common on extremities.

Only 5 percent develop infection.

CAT SCRATCH DISEASE

-Regional lymphadenopathy; Don’t incise; Self-Limiting Disease

LYME DISEASE

Erythema migrans: Rash with classic bull’s eye. Treat with Doxycycline.

Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi

Transmitted by Deer tick.

Cranial neuropathy: 7th nerve. Lymphocytic meningitis.

Cardiac disease: think A-V block.

Screen Shot 2018-10-02 at 8.44.26 AM.png

 

 

 

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.