Pulm 2 Shea Flashcards
- Which type of PNA are debilitated elderly patients who are confined to a bed most likely to get?
- What vaccine should they get?
- What does the organism look like under microscope?
Alveolar PNA, it is superimposed on pulmonary edema or chronic heart failure.
Elderly should get Strep Pneumoniae vaccine to guard against the gram positive dipococci
Pneumonia limited to the segmental bronchi and surrounding parenchyma
Bronchopneumonia
Which type of of the Alveolar PNAs happens first?
- Bronchopneumonia (patchy)
- Lobar pneumonia (confluence of patchy areas) –> lung can collapse
Widespread or diffuse alveolar PNA
Lobar PNA
- Refers to the alteration of lung tissue such that it resembles liver tissue.
- It is a finding of which type of PNA?
- Pulmonary hepatisation
- Lobar PNA (Alveolar PNA) - bacterial
What is the #1 bacterial cause of Lobar PNA (alveolar/bacterial)?
Strep Pneumo
Which type of PNA is usually diffuse and often bilateral?
Intersititial (viral) PNA
Are most PNAs acute or chronic?
Both bacterial and viral PNAs are most often acute, but if untreated or incompletely treated, they may become chronic.
Which type of PNA has lots of “mono-nuclear” cells?
Interstitial (viral) PNA
6 causes of PNA and which is most common
- Bacteria (most common, 75% of all cases dx clinically)
- Viruses (2nd most common)
- Fungi (less common)
- Protozoa (less common)
- Parasites (less common)
- Aspiration
Which 3 bacteria are the most common causes of PNA?
- Streptococcus (gram + diplococci)
- Staphylococcus
- Hemophilus influenza
The normal upper respiratory tract does not harbor which kind of bacteria?
Anaerobic gram negative bacteria
(E. coli or Pseudomonas aeruginosa)
Gram negative bacteria are not found in the respiratory tract, so how do gram negatives such as E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa make their way to the lungs to cause PNA?
They are located in the enteric flora and contaminate the blood to make their way to the lungs to cause PNA.
Which 2 things are not normally present in the nasopharyngeal flora, but may cause PNA if inhaled accidentally?
- Legionella
- TB
How did Legionella pneumophilia get the name (genus and species)?
1976, members went to American Legion convention in Philadelphia where the cooling tower was harboring the bacteria
Inhalation of air droplets, is the route for which pathogens of PNA?
- Viruses
- TB
(MOST COMMON)
Aspiration of infected secretions from the upper respiratory tract is typical of which pathogens of PNA?
- Strep pneumo
- Staph
Aspiration of infected particles in gastric contents (aspiration PNA) is often associated w/ which pathogen of PNA?
- Anaerobic bacteria
Common in these 3:
- People w/ neurologic defects
- Unconscious people
- Alcoholics who have vomited and lost control of gag reflex (opiates also depress gag reflex)
Hematogenesis spread of PNA causes bacteria to go from blood to the lungs. What 3 things develop from this?
- Sepsis
- UTI
- GI tract infections (ruptured diverticulus)
What 3 things are needed to dx aspiration PNA?
- Acute inflammatory cells
- Bacterial colonies around food debris in the lung
- Neutrophils