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  1. A child has honey-colored crusts around the nose and mouth. Which organism is the most common cause?

    Answer: Staphylococcus aureus

    Nonbullous impetigo with honey-colored crusts is most often caused by Staphylococcus aureus.

  2. A patient with a hypopigmented, scaly macule shows 'spaghetti and meatballs' on KOH. What is the diagnosis?

    Answer: Tinea versicolor

    Tinea versicolor (Malassezia) shows short hyphae and spores resembling spaghetti and meatballs on KOH.

  3. Erythema migrans, a target-shaped expanding rash, is the hallmark of which infection?

    Answer: Lyme disease

    Erythema migrans is the characteristic early lesion of Lyme disease from Borrelia burgdorferi.

  4. Intensely pruritic burrows in the finger webs and wrists that worsen at night suggest:

    Answer: Scabies

    Scabies causes nocturnal pruritus with burrows in web spaces from Sarcoptes scabiei.

  5. Which topical agent is first-line treatment for scabies?

    Answer: Permethrin 5% cream

    Permethrin 5% cream is the standard first-line scabicide.

  6. A tender, well-demarcated, raised, bright red facial plaque with a sharp border is characteristic of:

    Answer: Erysipelas

    Erysipelas is a superficial streptococcal infection with a raised, sharply demarcated border.

  7. Grouped vesicles on an erythematous base in a dermatomal distribution indicate:

    Answer: Herpes zoster

    Herpes zoster (shingles) presents as painful grouped vesicles confined to a dermatome.