Resp Micro Hockey Q's Flashcards
What are most URTI?
What are the most causative organisms?
Therefore what is the treatment?
Viral
RSV, rhinovirus
Supportive
Painkillers + fluids
What is the most causative organism in CF patients?
What is the treatment?
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ciprofloxacin
What is the most causative organism of a resp infection for a HIV patint?
What do you treat with?
Pneumocystis jirovecci pneumonia(PCP)
Cotrimoxazole
What do you treat with H.influenzae?
Amoxicillin
What is the most common community aquired pneumoniae?
How would you treat it?
Strep pneumonia (rusty green sputum)
Amoxicillin
What are some other causative organisms for community aquired pneumonia?
H. influenzae
Influenza A
What is an atypical causative organism for pneumonia?
Where would you most likely see it?
How do you treat it?
Legionella pneumophillia
Aircon/water tank/ holiday in spain.
Claithromycin
What are the other atypical causes of pneumonia?
Chlamydia
Mycoplasma
What is the CURB-65 score?
Confusion
Urea: >7 mmol/L
RR >30
BP: systolic <90, diastolic <60
65 or older?
What are the different treatments for CURB-65 scores?
<1 mild
Amoxicillin PO @ home.
2 moderate
Clarithromycin + amox@ hospital
3< severe
Clarithromycin + IV co-amoxiclav. @ hospital
What are the causative organisms of hospital acquired pneumonia?
What is the treatment for it?
Staph aureus/MRSA
Enterobacter
P. aeruoginosa
IV aminoglycoside (gentamycin) + penicillin.
What is the drug treatment for TB?
What are the side effects?
Rifampicin
SE: orange urine
Isoniazid
SE: neuropathy
Pyrazinamide
SE: arthralgia
Ethambutol
SE: optic neuritis
What is the skin test which helps identify latent TB?
What is the stain called?
Mantoux test
Ziehl-Neelsen stain
