Question

Nursing/Microbiology Question:

1. How could you differentiate between the common childhood skin rashes?
2. What GAS toxins are implicated in tissue invasion in necrotizing fasciitis?
3. How are primary Gram smears used to assess skin infections?

Answer 1

• ​​​​​Answer :- differentiation of skin rashes in childhood are more difficult .so entire clinical presentation can help to make diagnosis like type of rashes , fever with rashes , pain with rashes ,location of rashes ( whole body or face ) ,priritus and size of rashes .
• Necrotizing fascitis mainly caused by the streptococcal pyrogenic bacterial exotoxin
• GRAM smear are also used to make diagnosis in which take a sample from the skin lesion and make appropriate gram smear and identify the particular organism for particular disease