Micro Review Flashcards
What are the four most common causes of pneumonia in a neonate (birth-28 days)?
Group B strep
E. coli
Chlamydia trachomatis
HSV
What are the four most common causes of pneumonia in children?
RSV
S. pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Clamydophila pneumoniae
What are the five most common causes of pneumonia in adults?
S. pneumoniae H. influenzae Mycoplasma pneumoniae Chlamoydophila pneumoniae Influenza virus
What are the five most common causes of pneumonia in elderly adults?
S. pneumoniae H. influenzae Influenza virus S. aureus Gram negative rods (Klebsiella)
What could be the cause of pneumonia in an alcoholic?
Klebsiella
What could be the cause of pneumonia in a patient with decreased level of consciousness?
S. aureus
What could be the cause of pneumonia in a patient with cystic fibrosis?
pseudomonas
What could be the cause of pneumonia in a patient with HIV and CD4 count <200?
pneumocystis jirovecii
What could be the cause of pneumonia in a patient post-influenza?
S. pneumo or S aureus (fatal)
What could be the cause of pneumonia acquired from patio-cooling water mister?
legionella
What could be the cause of pneumonia acquired from travel to the southwestern US?
coccidiodes immitis
What could be the cause of pneumonia after exposure to bird/bat droppings in Ohio/Mississippi River valleys?
Histoplasma capsulatum
What could be the cause of pneumonia in a patient with a pet parrot?
Chlamoydophila psittaci (associated with birds)
What are the 3 most common causes of meningitis in neonates?
Group B strep
E. coli
Listeria monocytogenes
What are the 4 most common causes of meningitis in infants and children?
S. pneumo
N. meningitidis
H. influenzae
Viruses (enterovirus)
What are the 3 most common causes of meningitis in adults?
S. pneumoniae
N. meningitidis
Enteroviruses
What are the 3 most common causes of meningitis in the elderly?
S. pneumoniae
Listeria monocytogenes
gram-negative rods (E. coli)
What organism should be considered as the cause of meningitis in an unvaccinated child?
H. influenza type B
What organism should be considered as the cause of meningitis in an outbreak in a dormitory?
N. meningitidis
What organism should be considered as the cause of meningitis with a petechial rash?
N. menigitidis
What organism should be considered as the cause of meningitis in a patient with HIV?
cryptococcus neoformans
What organism should be considered as the cause of meningitis with RBCs in CSF and temporal lobe involvement on MRI?
HSV encephalitis
What are the CSF findings in bacterial meningitis?
Opening pressure increased WBC very increased Differential: neutrophils Protein very increased Glucose decreased Gram stain positive
What are the CSF findings in fungal/TB meningitis?
Opening pressure increased WBC increased Differential: lymphocytes Protein: increased Glucose: decreased Gram stain negative
What are the CSF findings in viral meningitis?
Opening pressure normal or increased WBC increased Differential: lymphocytes Protein: normal or increased Glucose: normal Gram stain: negative
Management of anthrax exposure
- remove clothing and wash patient with soap and water
- ciprofloxacin or doxycycline
- vaccination
- raxibacumab - monoclonal Ab that neutralizes anthrax toxins (edema factor and lethal factor) - use when other prophylaxis is not available
Smallpox presentation and management of exposure
- remove clothing and wash patient with soap and water
- vaccine available from CDC
Presentation: rash on mouth and face -> spreads to trunk and extremities -> becomes vesicular/pustular
What are the three possible presentations of anthrax?
- cutaneous anthrax - necrotic ulcer with eschar
- pulmonary anthrax - mediastinal LAD -> hemorrhagic mediastinitis (widening on CXR) -> bacteremia -> death
- anthrax meningitis (hemorrhagic)
What infection causes green, frothy vaginal discharge and flagellated cells on wet prep?
trichomonas
What infection causes kilobytes on biopsy of lesion?
condyloma accuminatum caused by HPV (6&11)