Pneumonia and TB CIS Kinder Flashcards
dry cough
hemorrhage bullous myringitis (inside ear)
cold agglutinins
mycoplasma pneumonia
no cell wall so can’t be treated with penicillin
when you have had a splenectomy what are you most at risk for …
encapsulated organisms
these patients need to have a pneumococcal vaccination
rust colored sputum
strep pneumoniae
current jelly sputum
klebsiella
air conditioning systems
low pulse
grows on charcoal yeast extract (requires cysteine and iron)
gram negative
legionella
homeless shelter worker
TB
cave explorer
histoplasma capsulatum
foamy alveolar exudates
small hat shaped lesions on BAL
predisposing condition –> AIDS
fever, non productive cough, hypotension
pneumocystis jirovecii
with sickle cell disease –> these patients are most at risk for what organisms
strep pneumoniae
encapsulated
what is clindamycin good for
anaerobes
lancet shaped
strep pneumoniae
methenamine silver stain of lung tissue
pneumocystis jirovecii
at what CD4 level do you start prophylaxis for fungal infection
Less than 200
croup
parainfluenza
which antibiotic is most appropriate for legionella
erythromycin (Azithromycin) - macrolide
bactrim DS used against what organism
pneumocystis jirovecii
clindaymcin is used to treat what?
anaerobes - aspiration pneumonia
methicillin or nafcillin is used to treat what
staph
small, painful rash and red bumps on his lower legs
erythema nodosum
seen in coccidiodes immitis
also seen in sarcoidosis
green sputum
HAP
pseudomonas aeruginosa
pyocyanin
pseudomonas aeruginosa
transmitted by flea bites
yersinia pestis
fungus ball
aspergillus flavus
AFB culture and stain
tuburculosis diagnosis