Lec 8-4 - Atypical... Mycoplasma/Legionella/Chlamydia Flashcards
community acquired pneumonia that is consolidative and is 1-2 dense lobes of dense infiltrate
lobar
CAP that is diffuse and interstitial and patchy
atypical
legionella has very blank food requirements
fastidious
most common legionella serotypes
1,6,4,3
legionella is gram blank and its enzymes breakdown blank tissue to cause atypical pneumonia
negative, lung
legionella always comes from the blank like water, mud, amoebae
environment… not person to person
legionella lives here
distal airways/alveoli
legionella can cause blank or blank CAP in those who are blank
lobar, atypical, immunocompromised (copd, smokers)
legionella can cause this which has mild fever, chills, malaise, headache
pontiac fever
think legionella pneumonia if gram stain shows blank but not blank
wbc, organisms
think legionella if patient doesnt respond to blank but cultures do not reveal blank
antibioitics, pathogen
legionella is often diagnosed by blank even though each serotype shows up differently
direct fluorescent antibody
agar for legionella
buffered charcoal yeast extract
this is used to diagnose only serotype 1 of legionella
urinary antigen
serology diagnosis is not useful for blank stage
acute