Buzzword Bingo! Flashcards
common cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised patients
Pneumocystis jirovecii
MCC of atypical/walking pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
common causative agent for pneumonia in alcoholics
Klebsiella
can cause an interstitial pneumonia in bird handlers
Chlamydophila psittaci
often cause of pneumonia in pt w/ hx exposure to bats and bat droppings
histoplasmosis
often cause of pneumonia in pt who has recently visited Southern California, New Mexico, or West Texas
coccidiomycosis
pneumonia associated w/ “currant jelly” sputum
Klebsiella
Q fever
Coxiella
associated w/ pneumonia acquired from air conditioners
Legionella
MCC pneumonia in children 1 year old or younger
RSV
MCC pneumonia in neonate (birth-28 days)
GBS, E. coli
MCC pneumonia in children and young adults (including college students, military recruits, and prison inmates)
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
MCC viral pneumonia
RSV
causes wool-sorter’s disease (life-threatening pneumonia)
Bacillus anthracis
common pneumonia in ventilator pts and those w/ cystic fibrosis
Pseudomonas, MRSA
Pontiac fever
Legionella
weak pulses in upper extremities
Takayasu arteritis
granulomas of lung, glomerulonephritis, c-ANCA positive
granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Wegener’s granulomatosis)
necrotizing immune complex inflammation of visceral/renal vessels
polyarteritis nodosa
2 y/o Asian female
Kawasaki dz
20 y/o Asian female
Takayasu arteritis
young male smokers
thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease)
young asthmatics
eosinophilic granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss)