Pathology - Lung Flashcards
Forms of acute bacterial pneumonias
Bronchopneumonia and lobar pneumonia
Brochoopneumonia
Patchy and involves more than one lobe
Lobar pneumonia
Part or all of a lobe filled with exudate that can be seen as lobar or segmental
What organism is responsible for 90% of lobar pneumonia
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Origin of most community acquired pnemoniae
Bacterial
Most common cause of community acquired pneumoniae
S. pneumoniae (lobar )
Four stages of lobar pneumonial evolvement in lobes
Congestion, Red hepatization, Gray hepatization, Resolution
Congestion Stage
Lobe is red, heavy,boggy,proteinous fluid, neutrophils and bacteria lasting for few days
Red hepatization
lung has liver-like consistency, alveolar spaces packed with neutrophils, red cells, fibrin
Gray hepatization
lung is dry, gray, firm due to RBCs lysing out
Resolution
enzymes digest exudate,debris eating by macrophages, fibroblasts growing around it
Empyema
is suppurative accumulate in the pleural cavity
Complication of pneumoniae occurs through
Type 3 serology
Gram positive lancet shaped diplococci is good evidence for
S. pneumoniae but be careful of false positive
Community acquired acute pneumoniae
S. pneumoniae, H. influenza, Moraxella catarrhalis, S. aureus, Legionella, Klebsiella and Pseudomonas
Community acquired atypical pneumoniae
Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, Coxiella, RSV, Parainfluenza, Influenza A and B, adenovirus
Nosocomial pneumoniae
G- rods - Klebsiella, Serratia, E. coli and Pseudomonas,S aureus
Aspiration pneumoniae
anaerobic oral flora - bacteroides, prevotella, fusobacterium, peptostreptococcus admixed with S. pneumoniae, S aureus, H. influenza, Pseudomonas. Caused mainly by aerobes
Chronic pneumoniae
Nocardia, Actinomyces, Granulomatous-Mycobacterium, Atypical Mycobacteria, Histoplasma, Coccidiodes, Blastomyces
Necrotizing pneumoniae and lung abscess
anaerobic bacteria, S aureus, Klebsiella, S. Pyogenes, Type 3 pneumococcus
Pneumonia in the immunocompromised
CMV, pneumocystis, Mycobacterium avian, invasive aspergillosis, invasive candidiasis,
Most common bacteria causing acute exacerbation in COPD
H. influenza, secondly M. catarrhali
3 most common causes of otitis media
S. pneumoniae, H. influenza, M. catarrhalis
IV drug use causing right sided endocarditis by which organism
S. aureus
Most common cause of G- bacteria pneumoniae, affecting alcoholics
Klebsiella
Rapid diagnosis of legionella
Antigen in urine or PCR
Atypical pneumonia means
means moderate amount of sputum produced, no consolidation, moderate WBC count, no exudates, inflammation in alveolar septa only
Most common atypical pneumoniae organisms
Mycoplasma pneumoniae occurring in closed communities
What type of Influenza causes most pandemic and epidemic
Type A by mutations of the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase
Epidemics of Influenza A due to
antigenic drift
Pandemics of Influenza A due to
antigenic shift. Recombination with other RNA viruses
what organism seen in Cystic Fibrosis, burn and neutropenic patients
Pseudomonas
What organism is secondary to viral respiratory infections
S. aureus
What organism is seen in organ transplants
Legionella
All lung abscess possess what kind of organism
Anaerobes - Fusobacterium, Bacteroides, Peptostreptococcus and microaerophilic streptococcus
What side of lung is aspirations more common on
Right side, at posterior segment of upper lobe and in the apical segments of the lower lobe
Most important organism in chronic pneumonias
TB - center undergoing caseous necrosis
Most important risk factor for developing TB
HIV infection
Infection
seeding of a tissue with an organism without any damage
Disease
Damage caused to a tissue by an organism