Pneumonias Flashcards
Summarise Strep Pneumonae
Most common form of pneumonia
Lobar pneumonia
Rusty Sputum
Summarise Haemophilius influenzae
Bronchial pneumonia
Post URTI
Most common cause of bronchiectasis exacerbation
Summarise S.aureus
Post influenza
Hospital acquired pneumonia
I.V drug users
Cavitating so empyema, haemoptysis
Summarise Klebsiella
Hospital acquired pneumonia
Immunosuppressed
Aspiration
Upper lobes
Red current sputum
Summarise E.Coli
Hospital acquired
Immunocompromised
Aspiration
Lower lobes
Post UTI
Summarise P.aeriginosa
Copious green sputum
Common in COPD
Summarise Chlamydia pistacci
Birds
Months of treatment and deppression
Summarise Coxiella burnetti
Q Fever
Animals
Summarise PCP
HIV Patients
Summarise Aspergillus
HIV patients
Summarise TB
Homeless
Summarise legionella pnemophilia
Air conditioning and stagnant water
Flu like symptoms, lymphodema
Summarise mycoplasma pneumonae
Gradual, hepatitis, meningitis, IHA, dry cough