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Infectious Diseases Flashcards

1
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Who is more exposed to having pneumonia?

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Extremes of age, co-morbidities, pre-existing lung disease, lifestyle, iatrogenic

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Where can pneumonia anatomically occur?

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Lobar pneumonia and bronchopneumonia

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What are the different types of acquired pneumonia you can have?

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community acquired, hospital acquired, aspiration, immunocompromised, atypical pneumonia

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What organisms are responsible for community acquired pneumonia?

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strep. pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae, mycoplasma

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What organisms are people with pre-existing lung disease more likely to have with community acquired pneumonia?

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pseudomonas, s.aureus, moraxella catarrhalis

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What organisms are responsible for hospital acquired pneumonia?

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pseudomonas, klebsiella, s.aureus, anaerobic bacteria

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7
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True/False:

is enterobacter a type of aerobic bacteria?

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False:

anaerobic bacteria

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8
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Does aspirated content preferentially go down the left bronchus?

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No it goes down the right bronchus

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What does aspiration increase the risks of?

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Stroke

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What organisms are responsible for immunocompromised pneumonia?

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pneumocystis jirovecii, myobacteria
aspergillus
viruses e.g. HSV

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11
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True/False:

Coxiella burnetti is from birds

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False:
Coxiella burnetti is from animal fluids (often sheep)
Chlamydia Psitacci is from birds

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12
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How else is Coxiella burnetti called?

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Q-fever

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13
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What are the 2 types of atypical pneumonia causing organisms other than Coxiella burnetti and chlamydia psitacci?

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Legionella (infected water), chlamydophilia pneumonia

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14
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What is pneumonia…

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infection of the lungs

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15
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What is the most common organism that causes pneumonia?

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staphylococcus pneumoniae

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16
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How does pneumonia spread from person to person?

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By droplets

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17
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How does lobar pneumonia occur?

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involves whole lung lobe, undergoes acute inflammatory response

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18
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How does bronchopneumonia occur?

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Usually occurs with pre-existing lung disease- starts in airways then moves to lung lobes

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What is the aetiology for pneumonia?

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cold, pre-existing lung disease (e.g. p.fib as air isn’t circulated well)

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What are the presenting symptoms for pneumonia?

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cough, pleurisy, dyspnoea, purulent sputum, malaise, anorexia, myalgia, sweats, fever, confusion, diarrhoea

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What are the physical signs of pneumonia?

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fever, cyanosis, rigors, herpes labialis, crackles, tachypnoea

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22
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Ix for pneumonia?

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bloods, serology, sputum sampling, urea, CXR (consolidation)

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23
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What index is used to measure the severity of pneumonia?

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Confusion
Urea (>pH7)
Resp rate (>30/min)
Blood pressure (diastolic <60, systolic <90)
65

1 point for each: 3= ICU, 2= hosp admin

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24
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What is the tx for bacterial pneumonia?

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Antibiotics: Amoxicillin, doxycycline
O2 (if stats <92%)
fluids

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25
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What is to be noted for pneumonia severity scoring beyond the CURB65 score?

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temperature, cyanosis (paO2<8pka?), WBC

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26
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What are complications of pneumonia and when are these more likely to occur..

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resp failure, parapneumonic effusion, empyema, chronic infection, organising pneumonia
More likely to occur if pneumonia caused by unknown organism/ host doesn’t respond to penicillin

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27
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Where are the majority of cases of TB found?

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Africa and Asia

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28
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What are the 3 categories of TB?

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Latent, 1y progressive TB, 2y (reinfection of TB)

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What are the types of TB from most dangerous to least dangerous?

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Miliary, meningeal, pulmonary, localised extra pulmonary, lymph nodes

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30
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What is TB…

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airborne infection spread via droplets

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31
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Where is TB more likely to settle in the lung?

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Apex

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32
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What organism causes TB and what does it attack?

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Myobacterium TB complex: M.TB, M.Bovis, M.africanum, M.Microti
Attack phagocytes

33
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How does 1y TB become latent?

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if bacilli cleared before it reaches lymph nodes then no infection.
if this doesn’t happen then formation of Ghon focus occurs (cavities). In the meantime macrophages take bacilli to Hilar lymph nodes causing lymphadenopathy.
BOTH of these mechanisms from Ghon Complex which contains bacilli (hence infection) in granuloma indefinitely

34
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How long does the Ghon Complex formation take to form?

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4-6 weeks

35
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What is Latent TB?

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non-infectious, not active TB that may persist for years

36
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What is 1y progressive TB…

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resembles acute pneumonia, spreads through lymph and blood hence affects extra pulmonary organs e.g. CNS, GI tract etc.

37
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Where does 1y progressive TB consolidation normally occur?

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mid & lower lobe

38
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How does Latent TB > 2y (reactivated) TB?

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reduced host immunity/ re-exposure a hypersensitivity reaction occurs causing tissue destruction = cavitation & caveating granulomas

39
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Where does 2y TB consolidation normally occur?

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upper lobes

40
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True/False:
Risk factors associated to TB are contact with high risk groups, immune deficiency, lifestyle (e.g. drugs), genetic susceptibility

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True

41
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What are the factors that promote reactivation of disease?

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HIV, diabetes mellitus, renal disease, malnutrition

42
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What are the presenting symptoms of TB?

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cough & sputum, haemoptysis, wt loss, fever & sweats, hoarse voice if laryngeal involvement

43
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True/False:

Latent TB disease causes fever & pleuritic pain

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False:

Usually asymptomatic

44
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Ix for latent TB…

A

tuberculin skin test: memory to mycobacteria proteins

interferon gamma release assays: blood sample mixed with TB antigen proteins

45
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Ix for active TB…

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CXR: 1y= patchy consolidation, hilar lymphadenopathy, 2y= cavities, miliary= millet seeds
3 sputum samples: Zehil-Neelsen stain (turns bacilli red on blue background)
bronchoalveolar lavage/ biopsy
culture and staining

46
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What is PCR good for in TB ix?

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identifying CNS TB and rifampicin resistance

47
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Tx for TB?

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Rifampicin
Isoniazid
Pyrazinamide
Ethambutol

48
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What are treatment and timings for active & latent TB?

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active: 6 drugs, 6 months
latent: 4 drugs, 3-6months

49
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What are some side-effect to TB tx?

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colour blindness, peripheral neuropathy, gout, all are hepatoxic

50
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What are the complications of TB?

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everyone has to be screened for TB that have been in touch with patient, drug resistance

51
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Name 2 chronic infections?

A

Abscess & Bronchiectasis

52
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Why do chronic infections occur…

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  1. Abnormal host response (e.g. immunodeficiency-HIV)
  2. Abnormal innate host defence (damaged bronchial mucosa, abnormal cilia, abnormal secretions)
  3. Repeated Insult (e.g. drain)
53
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What damages bronchial mucosa?

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smoking, pneumonia, malignancy

54
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What 2 conditions cause abnormal cilia?

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Kartagener’s Syndrome & Young’s Syndrome

55
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What condition causes abnormal secretions?

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CF

56
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When are abscesses most common?

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After aspiration bronchopneumonia, streptococcus pneumonia, or with TB cavities

57
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What organisms can Abscesses be caused by?

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Bacteria e.g. e.coli, streptococcus, staphylococcus

Fungi e.g. aspergillus

58
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True/False:

Abscess is a localised collection of pus in the pleura?

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False
that is an empyema.
Abscess is a localised collection of pus in the lung tissue

59
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What are the triggers of an abscess?

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aspiration, TB, non-resolved pneumonia, septic emboli with s.cocci (PWIDs= normally multiple abscesses), foreign bodies

60
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What are the presenting symptoms of abscess?

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slow resolve of pneumonia, cough, sputum production, swinging fever, haemoptysis, malaise, wt loss

61
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True/False:

Abscess sputum stinks

A

True :o

62
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What are the signs of an abscess?

A

clubbing and crepitations

63
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What are the Ix for abscess…

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CT*, CXR, bronchoscopy, blood, sputum culture

64
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abscess Tx…

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drainage, antibiotics (prolonged: 4-6 weeks)

65
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What is bronchiectasis caused by?

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50% idiopathic, 50% caused by other diseases

66
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What organisms cause bronchiectasis?

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H. influenzae, s.aureus, pseudomonas

67
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what is bronchiectasis?

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permanently dilated airways susceptible to collapse

68
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Pathophysiology of bronchiectasis…

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chronic inflammation of bronchial wall > permanent dilation of bronchioles due to destruction of elastic and muscular component of bronchial walls = build up of mucus > retained inflammatory secretions and microbes so recurrent damage (CYCLE)

69
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most common causes of bronchiectasis…

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COPD, TB, congenital, intrinsic, extrinsic (tumour), granuloma, RLD, immunodeficiency

70
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Presenting symptoms of bronchiectasis…

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cough with purulent sputum, haemoptysis, recurrent infection, SOB, wt loss fever

71
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Signs of bronchiectasis?

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coarse crackles, clubbing

72
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Ix for bronchiectasis..

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HRCT (signet ring sign visible), CXR, sputum culture

73
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What is the signet ring sign?

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airway diameter larger than pulmonary artery

74
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bronchiectasis tx…

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airway clearance (physio, bronchodilators, smoking cessation), anti-inflammatories, antibiotic treatment (2 weeks)

75
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Bronchiectasis complications?

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chronic breathlessness

76
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What is bronchiectasis prognosis?

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variable, worse if low FEV1 & infected by pseudomonas

77
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Name another 2 chronic infections?

A

septic emboli, chronic bronchial sepsis

78
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What is unique about chronic bronchial sepsis?

A

has all the hallmarks of bronchiectasis except no evidence on CT- usually found in women with a lot of child exposure (e.g. nurseries)

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