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Pneumonia Flashcards

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Factors that put as risk of pneumonia?

A

Organism less 5mm size
Preceding damage (CF, influenza)
Influenced imm imunocompromisation

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What is atypical pneumonia?

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Penicillin resistant organisms that cause pneumonia

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What causes normal pneumonia?

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Viral - RSV, parainfluenza

S. Pneumoniae

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Main cause atypical pneumonia?

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Mycoplasma pneumonia
Chlamydophilia
Legionella pneumonphilia

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Give example of AIDS associated pneumonia?

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Pneumocystis spp - fungus

Aspergillus spp - fungus

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Explain mycoplasma pneumonia?

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Small bacterium with no peptidoglycan - penicillin resistant
Cause: young adult and student

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What is chlamydophilia pneumonia?

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Obligate gram-ve intracellular pathogen

No peptidoglycan - penicillin resistant

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What is legionella pneumonia?

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Motile gram -ve rod
Pneumonia symptoms w/ neurological presentation
Not human-human transmission = acquired from environmentally derived aerosols

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9
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How isolate legionella p?

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BCYE - buffered charcoal yeast extract

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