BIOL 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Leukoplakia, Streptococcus, Fifth Disease
21 Jul 2020
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Acute or chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by erythema, papules, scales, crusts, scabs, and intense itching. Skin eruption or rash accompanied by inflammation, having specific diagnostic features of an infectious viral disease. Tissue death due to loss of adequate blood supply, invasion of bacteria. Subsequent decay of enzymes produces foul odor. Acute viral infection, characterized by painful, vesicular eruptions on the skin that follow along nerve pathways of underlying spinal or cranial nerves. Overgrowth of the horny layer of the epidermis. Occurs in psoriasis and in the formation of calluses and corns. Contagious superficial skin infection characterized by serous vesicles and pustules filled with millions of staphylococcus or streptococcus bacteria. Begin as soft purple-brown nodules or plaques on the feet. Enlarged, irregularly shaped, an elevated scar that forms due to the presence of large amounts of collagen during the formation of a scar. Skin condition in which there is a thickening and overgrowth of the cornified epithelium.
