Micro Flashcards
BCG vaccine
Variable efficacy in studies
Some studies say protects against miliary and TB meningitis
Given to at risk infants
Mycobacterium bovis
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
Bad for AIDS patients
Mycobacterium marinum
Fishtanks
Single clusters papules/plaques
Leprosy
Aka Hansen’s disease.
Mycobacterium leprae and M. lepromatous
Skin depigmentation, sensory neuropathy
Tuberculoid form
Lepromatous form (worse)
Tends to affect peripheries (cooler temp)
Armadillo natural reservoir
Caseating granuloma differential
TB
Fungus (especially if they are from Minnesota)
Pneumonia
Inflamm alveoli
Lobar, interstitial, or broncho-pneumonia
Fever and chills, productive cough with yellow-green sputum, pleuritic CP and tachypnea, decreased breath sounds, dullness to percussion, elevated WBC count
Lobar pneum
Consolidation entire lobe on CXR
MCC: S. pneum (95%) and Kleb pneum
Stages:
- Consolidation
- Red hepatization
- Grey hepatization
- Resolution
Klebsiella pneumoniae as cause pneumonia
Enteric flora….so aspirated somehow.
Think drunks and physically disabled
CURRENT JELLY SPUTUM
Strep pneum as cause pneumonia
MCC community-acquired pneum and secondary pneum
Rusty colored sputum
Secondary pneumonia
Bacterial pneumonia superimposed on viral URTI
S. aureus as a cause pneumonia
2nd MCC secondary pneum.
Oft complicated by abscess or empyema (NB coagulase positive)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa as cause pneum
Associated with CF patients
Moraxelle catarrhalis as a cause of pneum
Assoc with COPD
H. influenzae as cause pneum
Comm cause secondary pneum and superimposed on COPD (smokers)
Legionella pneumophila as cause pneumonia
Community acquired…water source
Superimposed on COPD or immunocompromised
Silver stain
Causes bronchopneum
S aureus H. flu P. aerug M. catarrhalis Legionella
Bronchopneum on CXR
Patchy consolidation around bronchioles. Oft multifocal and B/L
Interstitial pneumonia
=Atypical pneum, "walking pneumonia" Relatively mild upper resp sxs **M pneum, Chlamydia pneum College dorms, military recruits Influenza in elderly, RSV in infants, Coxiella in farmers
Q fever
Coxiella burnetti
Atypical pneum with high fever
Farmers/vets…spores from ticks on cattle or in cattle placentas
Why is Coxiella unique?
Although Rickettsial organism, causes pneum, does not require arthropod vector, and does not produce skin rash
(As opposed to other rickettsial diseases)
Chlamydia psittaci
Birds.
RTI + AIDS
PCP
TB
Cryptococcus
RTI + neutropenia
Aspergillus/fungi
RTI + Splenectomy
Encapsultaed orgs: SHiN
Abx mild-mod CAP
Amoxicillin or macrolide
Abx: mod-severe CAP
Co-amoxiclav + clarithromycin
Macrolides
erythromycin, clarithromycin
Inhibit 50S subunit
Aminoglycosides
"GNATS" Gentamicin Neomycin Amikacin Tobramycin Streptomycin
Inhibit 30S subunit
Abx: Hosp-Acquired pneum
Cipro + Vanco
Abx: aspiration pneum
Cefuroxime + metronidazole
Abx: legionella
Macrolide + Rifampicin
Abx: pseudomonas pneum
Piperacillin + tazobactam
Abx: MRSA
Vancomycin
STIs with discharge
Gonorrhea Chlamydia Trichomonas Candida BV
STIs with ulceration
Syphilis HSV LGV Chancroid Donovanosis
STIs with Rashes, lumps, growths
Scabies
Pubic lice
Genital warts (HPV)
Molluscum contagiosum
PAINFUL genital ulcers
Herpes>chancroid
Painless genital ulcer
Syphilis>LGV and granuloma inguinale
Pregnant + gonorrhea
Opthalmia neonatorum
Tx: gonorrhea
250mg IV ceftriaxone
Dx-chlamydia
NAAT
Tx-chlamydia
Azithromycin 1g (Can do 7d doxy but less compliance)
LGV
Lymphatic infection, Chlamydia trachomatis L1-L3
Developing world, MSM developed
Tx: doxy 100mg BD 21d
Syphilis
- bug
- Dx
Treponema pallidum
Majority cases in those with HIV
Dark-ground microscopy
VDRL, RPR
Primary syphilis
Ulcer
Secondary syphilis
Systemic sxs, rash
Can have neuro involvement
Tertiary syph
Gumma (granuloma), 2-20 yrs later
Aortitis
Neurosyph/tabes dorsalis, argyll robertson pupils
Tx-syph
IM Ben-pen
Jarisch-Heimer reaction
Fever, HA, myalgia in response to Abx for syph
Congenital syphilis
HSM, rash, fever, neurosyph, pneumonitis, hutchinson teeth
Chancroid
H. ducreyo (G-)
Tropical
Mult painful ulcers
Donovanosis
Granuloma inguinale Klebsielle granulomatis (G-) Africa, India, Aboriginal communities Giemsa stain Tx-azithro
Trichomonas
- cause
- Dx
- Tx
Trichomonas vaginalis
Dx-wet prep microscopy
Tx-metronidazole
BV
Gardnerella, decreased lactobacilli Increased pH Fishy odor, discharge Whiff test (KOH prep), Gram stain, clue cells Tx: metronidazole
Candidiasis
- sxs
- associations
- Tx
Thick white “cottage cheese” discharge, extremely itchy
May be associated with immunodeficiency, diabetes
Fluconazole
Molluscum contagiosum
dsDNA pox virus Hands and feet in children Adults-genital lesions, sexual contact In adult=HIV until proven otherwise. Giant lesions if immunocompromised Tx-trauma, cryotherapy
Genital warts
HPV 6,11 Oft asxs. Warts can recur after tx Incubation: 3/52-8/12 Home tx: podophyllin cream Clinic tx: cryotherapy, imiquimod
Superficial fungal infxn-diagnostic tool
Wood’s lamp
Tinea versicolor
Caused by malassezia furfur.
Skin depigmentation
Dx candida
Culture, mannan Abs
Also beta-D-glucan
Dx-aspergillus
ELISA, PCR, beta-glucan
Dx-cryptococcus
Cryptococcal antigen in serum/CSF
TB
do this later
Meningitis-definition
Inflamm process of meninges and CSF
Meningoencephalitis-definition
Inflamm process of meninges and brain parenchyma
Routes of entry for CNS infections
Hematogenous spread
Direct implantation (instrumentation)
Local extension (secondary to infxn)
PNS to CNS, e.g. polio
Meningitis-Signs and Sxs
Fever, HA, stiff neck, brain fn disturbance
Causative agents-meningitis
N. men S. pneum H. flu TB Cryptococcus
Encephalitis-signs and symptoms
Brain function disturbance