Lung Tissue Disease Flashcards
Triad of PNEUMONIA
FEVER
COUGH
TACHYPNEA
(+) Poorly nourished
UNvaccinated
With onset of RASHES all over thebody
MEASLES PNEUMONIA
(+) CF
(+) CGD
(+) BURN px
(+) NEUTROPENIC
PSEUDOMONAS
PARROT fever
PSITTACOSIS
(+) Hx of conjunctivitis, subacute onset, sharp cough, (-) wheeze, 3 weeks-3 months old infants
CHLAMYDIA
What is the causative agent
~ attaches to respi epithelium
~ SLOUGHED CELLULAR DEBRIS and inflammatory cells and mucus cause airway obstruction
MYCOPLASMA
~ Extensive areas pf HEMORRHAGIC NECROSIS
~ PNEUMATOCELES, EMPYEMA and BRONCHOPULMONARY FISTULAS
STAPHYLOCOCCUS
~ Diffuse infection with interstitial pneumonia
~ NECROSIS OF TRACHEOBRONCHIAL MUCOSA, LOCAL HEMORRHAGE
GABHS
(+) FOCALLOBAR involvement
PNEUMOCOCCUS
(+) Hyperinflation with bilateral interstitial infiltrates and peribronchial CUFFING
RSV
(+) PROMINENT areas of CAVITATION
STAPHYLOCOCCUS
Right sided hilar adenopathy
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
Tuberculin sensitivity develops ____ after its administration on the forearm
72 HRS
(+) INTERMITTENT COUGH
(+) Paroxysms of cough
(+) usually well and active in between paroxysms of cough
WHAT CONDITION?
PERTUSSIS
Best treatment for Pertussis
AZITHROMYCIN