Hersh Pneumo CIS Flashcards
coccobacillis that exacerbates COPD
haemophilus
Empiric treatment for CAP in someone with increased risk for drug resistance
-Fluoroquinolone
or
-macrolide + beta-lactam
describe each thing that gives you a point on a CURB-65 score for know how to admit a patient
- Confusion
- Blood UREA nitrogen 20 or higher
- RESPIRATORY rate 30 or higher
- BLOOD pressure systolic less than 90 or diastolic less than 60
- Age 65 or older
encapsulated bacteria that produces pyocyanin and pyoverdin
psuedomonas
age range for atypical pneumonia
younger adults
if someone is ambulatory, what empiric treatment do you give for CAP?
if not tolerated then what?
Macrolide
Doxycycline
Empiric treatment for CAP in a hospitalized pt
fluoroquinolone
`fried egg
mycoplasma pneumo
Alginate biofilms
pseudomonas
- india ink stain
- pigeons
- meningitis
cryptococcus
buffered charcoal yeast extract
legionella
CURB-65 score of 2
Moderately severe; short inpatient hospitalization or closely supervised outpatient treatment
hyponatremia and relative bradycardia with high temp
Legionella
- fowl smelling
- poor dentition
Treatment?
- anaerobes
- Fusiform and bacterioides
clindamycin
fungi that can have erythamtous nodules that are also seen with sarcoidosis
Cocci
what are the 2 pneumoncoccal vaccines and who gets them
Pneumovax and prevnar 13
- Age 65 or older
- asplenic pts
- pts 2-64 with risk factors
orthomyxovirus
- single stranded
- flu
Preferred diagnostic tool for orthomyxovirus
PCR
Asian coronovirus
SARS
What 3 things cause atypical pneumonia
- mycoplasma pneumonia
- chlamydia pneumonia
- legionella pneumonia (more severe)