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MDcooper
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01/04/07 - 02:58 PM

A 4-year-old girl is brought to the physician because of a crusted honey-colored erythema resulting from rupture of tiny vesicles and pustules. Her temperature is 37.7 C (102 F). Skin lesions are distributed over the face and extremities. Physical examination reveals enlargement of lymph nodes in the cervical and axillary regions. Which of the following is the most frequent pathogen of this skin infection?

A.

Human herpesvirus 7

B.

Staphylococcus aureus

C.

Streptococcus pyogenes

D.

Propionibacterium acnes

E.

Trychophyton fungi

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01/04/07 - 03:01 PM

stap.aureus.

robin082006
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01/04/07 - 04:26 PM

B, this is impetigo

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01/04/07 - 04:36 PM

I was also thinking of the same thing...

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01/04/07 - 04:52 PM

impetigo=staph aureus,sec cause is strept

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