Atypical Pneumonias Flashcards
Typical appearance of Legionella pneumonia
Young person, just returned back from travels, stayed in hotel with dodgy air-conditioning
Plumber working with air-conditioning
In country with contaminated water
Hyponatraemia, cough, renal failure
Antibiotic for Legionella
Clarithromycin, erythromycin, levofloaxin
Typical appearance of Mycoplasma pneumonia
Older children, young adults
autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and erythema multiforme
Antibiotic for Mycoplasma
Clarithromycin/doxycycline
Typical appearance of PCP (pneumocystis jirovecii)
Immunocompromised, HIV, drug user, fungal
Antibiotic for PCP
Co-trimoxazole (jirovecii rhymes with tri)
Typical appearance of Pneumocystis Psittaci pneumonia
has pet parrots, birds Mucoid sputum (think birds in water?)
Antibiotic for pneumocystis psittaci pneumonia
Doxycycline (do-ves are birds)
Appearance of strep pneumonia
most common, rusty sputum, lobar pneumonia
adults
Gram -ve enterobacteria pneumonia
alchoholic, from achalasia
Typical appearance of haemophilus influenzae
Atypical, nursery workers, COPD
Typical appearance of Klebsiella pneumonia
Cavitating pneumonia, alchoholic
‘Red hepitisation’
Lobar pneumonia
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
CF, UTI, burns, scars
gram -ve bacilli
Typical Coxiella burnetti
Q fever, sheep, farmer, goats, pyrexia
Antibiotic for klebsiella
cefotaxime (kleb is a pleb who pays tax)
Antibiotic Chlamydophilia pneumonia
Doxycycline
Antibiotic for Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Ciprofloaxin and Gentamicin (cip gently for pseudomonas)
Typical appearance of Klebsiella Pneumonia
Alcoholic, COPD, elderly
Red currant jelly sputum (think red berry dragon soop)
