Across
- 3. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, cause of skin lesions in non-hospitalized people.
- 7. Reactivation of latent VZV later in life, cannot be passed as shingles, but can give chickenpox to others.
- 8. Abnormally small head caused by congenital rubella infection in first trimester.
- 11. Oily secretion from sebaceous glands, low pH inhibits most microbes but feeds normal skin microbiota.
- 12. Enzyme that breaks down hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen, distinguishes Staphylococcus (positive) from Streptococcus (negative).
- 13. Infection of conjunctiva (“pinkeye”), bacterial (milky discharge) or viral (clear watery exudate).
- 15. ssRNA virus (rubivirus), mild in adults but teratogenic to fetus (congenital deafness, microcephaly).
Down
- 1. Highly contagious ssRNA virus disease, maculopapular rash, Koplik’s spots, humans only reservoir.
- 2. Enzyme causing blood clotting, helps bacteria evade immune system, positive = S. aureus.
- 4. Common childhood disease caused by human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), high fever then rash after fever disappears.
- 5. Enzyme in sweat, tears, saliva that breaks down peptidoglycan in bacterial cell walls.
- 6. Cutaneous disease from Bacillus anthracis (Gram-positive, endospore-forming), black eschar.
- 9. Boundary between human & environment, includes skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, oil glands.
- 10. Waterproofing protein that coats the outer layer of the epidermis.
- 14. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), dsDNA virus causing chickenpox, spreads via respiratory droplets.