pneumonia infections Flashcards
1
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(birds) – headache, mucoid sputum
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chlamydophila psittaci
2
Q
(sheep/farm) - Qfever
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coxiella burnetti
3
Q
(water foreign holiday) – GI upset
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Legionella
4
Q
dry cough/young people
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Mycoplasma
5
Q
red currant jelly sputum + COPD/alcoholics/elderly
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Klebsiella pneumonia
6
Q
HIV, AIDS, immunosuppressed
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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
7
Q
rusty sputum – usually lobar pneumonia
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Streptococcus pneumonia
8
Q
staph aureus/pseudomonas aeruginosa
A
Common cause in CF patients
9
Q
Haemophilus influenzae
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COPD/alcoholics/elderly
10
Q
whooping cough/bronchopneumonia
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Bordetella pertussis
11
Q
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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CF – UTI, GI, burns, scars