Organisms causing pneumonia & their features

Question 1

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

• whats its onset
• sputum colour
• symptoms

Answer 1

• acute onset
• cough with rust-coloured sputum

Symptoms;

• high fevers
• pleuritic chest pain
• often preceded by influenza like symptoms

Question 2

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE;

• age thats at most risk
• its cycle pattern
• symptoms
• complications that could occur

Answer 2

• mild disease in young patients
• occurs in cycles every 3-4 years

Symptoms;

• headache
• malaise
• myalgia

Complications;

• haemolytic anaemia
• erythema multiform
• hepatitis
• meningoencephalitis

Question 3

LEGIONELLA SPP;

• severity of it
• how is it acquired
• symptoms
• who is it most common in?

Answer 3

• very severe = need for ICU
• acquired by inhaling water mist containing bacteria

Symptoms;

• neurological symptoms
• GI involvement
• deranged liver enzymes
• elevated creatine keratin

Most common in;

• smokers
• in males & young people with no co-morbidities

Question 4

name other organisms that could cause pneumonia.

Answer 4

• staphylococcus aureus
• chlamydophilia pneumoniae
• haemophilus influenza
• coxiella brunette
• kelbsiella pneumoniae
• pseudomonas aeruginosa