Skin and soft tissue infections

High-yield skin and soft tissue infections topics for USMLE Step 2 CK, within Dermatology. Below are the 9 topics this area covers, plus a worked example showing the trap-aware approach 280Bound uses.

Topics in Skin and soft tissue infections

  • Cutaneous warts
  • Erysipelas
  • Impetigo
  • Infectious folliculitis
  • Molluscum contagiosum
  • Onychomycosis
  • Pseudofolliculitis barbae
  • Scabies
  • Tinea versicolor

More in Dermatology

Disorders of epidermal appendagesInflammatory dermatoses and bullous diseasesMiscellaneousNormal structure and function of skinSkin tumors and tumor-like lesions

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