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What are 2 ways PNA can be classified?

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by clinical setting and by anatomic distribution

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what are the different types of PNA based on the classification by anatomic distribution?

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bronchopneumonia and lobar pna

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what is bronchopneumonia?

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PNA where the infection is spreading along the airways

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what are the pathologic stages of lobar PNA?

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congestion (1-2 days), red hepatization (2-4 days), grey hepatization (4-8 days), and resolution (1-3 weeks)

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what are the complications associated with lobar PNA?

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abscess, empyema, and bacteremia (sepsis)

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what are the 5 organisms that cause typical CAP?

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s. pneumoniae, H. influenza, s. aureus, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa

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what is streptococcus pneumoniae?

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lancet shaped gram positive diplococci (pairs and chains); most common cause of CAP- vaccination recommended for infants, patients> 65, and in respiratory disease/smoking

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what is h. influenza?

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gram negative, causes virulent PNA in children; recommended vaccination for type B for children 5 or younger

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what is staphylococcus aureus?

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abscess formation; iv drugs; gram positive

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what is klebsiella pneumoniae?

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alcoholics, currant jelly sputum, gram negative

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what is pseudomonas aeruginosa?

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gram negative, cystic fibrosis, diabetics, grapes

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what are the major differences between typical and atypical bacterial CAP?

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typical is more abrupt onset, respiratory symptoms predominate, consolidation on CXR, older adults or young children; atypical PNA is slower onset, systemic symptoms predominate, patchy infiltrates on CXR and young adults/teens

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what are the 4 most likely organisms to cause atypical PNA?

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myocoplasma PNA, legionella pneumophilia, chlamydia pneumonia, chlamydia psittaci

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why is myocoplasm pneumoniae likely to cause atypical pna?

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it is the smallest free living, self-replicating microorganism; no cell wall- it can just travel along the airways unchecked

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what is legionalla pneumophila?

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gram negative bacillus; grows in warm fresh water; AC units, hot tubs; airborne disease–> outbreaks

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what 4 things cause community acquired viral PNA?

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influenza (H1N1) 2) SARS 3) COVID-19 4) RSV

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what are the 4 radiographic features of viral PNA?

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more likely to be multilobar in distribution, follows an airway pattern- bronchocentric

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how does the histology of bacterial PNA differ from the histology of viral PNA?

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bacterial infiltrates in the alveolar spaces; viral PNA infiltrates in the interstitium

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how is the influenza virus classified?

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by 2 proteins–> hemagluttanin and neurominidase

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difference between an antigenic shift and an antigenic drift?

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antigenic drift: causes epidemics, minor changes to proteins; antigenic shift: causes pandemics, genomic alterations with major resulting changes to protein structures

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what is normally the source of antigenic shifts?

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animal reservoirs

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what is the most direct route to viral proteins?

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ss RNA (+)

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COVID-19 has a tropism for what?

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ACE 2 receptors in the respiratory epithelium

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entry of sars-cov 2 initiates what?

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a response that involves a cytokine storm, which leads to ARDS and DAD

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what is happening in the circulation of COVID-19 patients?
there's coagulation--> megakaryocytes enter the circulation
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neonates are at risk of PNA due to what organisms?
1) group B strep 2) gram negative bacilli 3) listeria
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children greater than 1 month old are at risk of developing PNA from what viral thing?
respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, influenza A and B, adenovirus, rhinovirus
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children greater than 1 month old are at risk of developing PNA from what bacterial organisms?
s. pneumoniae, H. influenza, M. catarrhalis, s. aureus
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older children/adolescents have additional concern for which bacterial PNAs?
M. pneumoniae and C. pneumoniae
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what is respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
paramyxovirus; the babies are having an accumulation of mucus in their bronchial airways and as the viral infection progresses it is inflamming their bronchial wall and thickening it
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besides RSV, what are 3 other examples of paramyxoviridae?
human metapneumovirus, parainfluenza, measles
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bacterial infections are not typically associated with epidemics; what is the exception to this?
legionella and pertussis
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how does bacterial pna sound on auscultation?
crackles on lung exam
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how does viral pna sound on auscultation?
wheezes
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which type of pna typically involves the pleura?
bacterial
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what is a complication of PNA specifically staph aureus and klebsiella?
lung abscess
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what type of pna is at risk for lung abscess?
aspiration
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which bacteria are more likely to cause aspiration pna?
anaerobic bacteria
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what is the ghon complex?
the parenchymal area that is caseating granulomatous infectious focus and a hilar lymph node
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what do you do if you see a granuloma?
you are going to put an acid fast stain on it--> tb shows tuberculosis
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what is the outcome of a primary complex of tb?
it can become a healed infection, it can become a latent lesion, which can then progress to secondary tb, or it can become progressive primary tb which leads to miliary tb
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what is chronic PNA?
pneumonia lasting for months in an immunocompetent patient
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what are the most common causes of fungal chronic PNA?
histoplasma, blastomycosis, and coccidiomycosis
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where is histoplasma endemic to?
midwest and caribbean
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how does histoplasma present?
subclinical infection with granulomatous response (calcifications or coin lesions on CXR)
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if you do a silver stain on histoplasma, what would it look like?
pumpkin seeds
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where is blastomyces endemic to?
central and SE US
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what are the histologic features of blastomyces?
broad-based budding
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where is coccidiodes endemic to?
endemic in southwestern US
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how does coccidiodes present?
infection yields a granulomatous response with eosinophils; often a subclinical self-limited disease; spherials containing the endospores
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what is pneumocystis jiroveci and how does it look?
opportunistic fungal infection; aids defining illness; cup-shaped yeast forms
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what is cytomegalovirus?
opportunistic viral infection; aids defining illness; big cell virus
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what is mycobacterium avium complex?
thin mycobacteria seen as slender red forms on acid-fast staining
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what does lung transplant rejection show?
mononuclear infiltrates around vessels

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