[MICRO] DISEASES OF EAR Flashcards
paramyxovirus
unsegmented
(-) sense
ssRNA
RSV
enveloped
helical nucleocapsid
(+) sense
ssRNA
Corona viruses
virus w largest genome
Corona viruses
picorna
unenveloped
(+) sense
ssRNA
replicate @ 33 degrees
Rhinoviruses
MC causative agent of AOM
rhinoviruses
infection is limited to mucosa or URT & conjunctiva in case of which virus
rhinoviruses
specimen in AOM
needle aspiration of middle ear fluid
AOM TTT
animicrobials
follow up
in case of AOM, residual fluid can cause
chronicity
hearing impairment
bacterial causative agents of AOM
S.pneumoniae
H. influenza
M. catarrhalis
acute localized otitis externa is caused by
staph. aureus
acute diffused otitis externa is caused by
P. aeruginosa
malignant otitis externa is caused by
P. aeruginosa
anaerobes
malignant otitis externa is associated with
diabetes
swimmer’s ear
diffuse otitis externa