Lower Respiratory Infections Flashcards
Opsonizing Ig in alveoli?
IgG
**facilitates ingestion by macrophages
Only real way to differentiate between bronchitis and pneumonia?
infiltrates or consolidation on CXR
Most common cause of bronchiolitis?
RSV
Age where clinical sx of bronchiolitis develop?
infants and young children only
Diagnostic test for RSV?
nasal washing + antigen test
Respigram?
Ig reactive with RSV
palivizumab
humanized monoclonal Ab reactive with RSV
Mild type of influenza virus?
C
**almost everyone develops immunity by age 15
Infectious period for adults with influenza virus?
one day before onset of sx –> 5 days after sx onset
Sx to differentiate influenza virus from common cold?
high fever
Characteristic to differentiate influenza from atypical PNA?
rapid onset
Test for influenza?
rRT-PCR
real time reverse transcriptase PCR
Whooping cough bug?
Bordetella pertusis
Gram -
cocco-bacillus
Bordetella pertussis
Gram ?
shape ?
Gram -
cocco-bacillus
Tissue damaging VF of B pertusis?
AB-toxin
Atteachment VF of B. pertusis?
filamentous hemagglutinin
age for most severe pertusis?
Culture medium for B. pertusis?
Bordet-Gengou
Unusual WBC finding in pertusis?
lymphocytosis (vs high PMNs of other bacterial infx)
Tx for pertusis?
erythromycin
**not effective after ~2 weeks
Most common cause of CAP?
Strep pneumoniae
Three major bacterial causes of atypical PNA?
Mycoplasma
Chlamydia
Legionella
Viral cause of PNA in immunocompromised?
CMV
PNA age group:
Strep agalactiae
E. coli
neonates
birth - 6 weeks
PNA age group:
RSV
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Strep pneumoniae
6 weeks - 18 years
PNA age group:
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Strep pneumoniae
18 - 40 years
PNA age group:
Strep pneumoniae
Haemophilus influenzae
Anaerobes
Viruses
40 - 65 years
PNA age group:
Strep pneumoniae
Viruses
Anaerobes
Haemophilus influenzae
Gram (-) rods
> /= 65 yo
Most common HAP causes?
Gram (-) rods
S. aureus
Most common PNA in immunocompromised:
G - rods
Strep pneumo
fungi
filamentous bacteria
P. jiroveci
viruses
PNA causes in alcoholics:
Strep pneumo
Klebsiella pneumoniae
anaerobes
PNA in IV drug use:
S. aureus
PNA in post viral secondary infx:
S. aureus
PNA in chronic steroid use:
Nocardia
rhinovirus binds to?
ICAM-1 on resp epithelial cells
parainfluenza virus VF forming multinucleated giant cells?
F surface protein
croup
parainfluenza virus
Influenza virus types with 8 segments of RNA?
A and B
Influenza types with no animal reservoir?
B and C
What is required for antigenic SHIFT?
animal/human reservoir with simultaneous infx from two different strains of influenza
Influenza virus capable of genetic DRIFT and SHIFT:
A
Test for influenza?
rapid antigen test on nasopharyngeal swab
What is detected on influenza rapid antigen swab?
HA type via RBC agglutination
myocarditis
Coxackie B
herpangia, hand-foot-mouth disease
Coxackie A
Potential vector for gene therapy
Adenovirus