Respiratory Flashcards
Most common cause of Rhinitis is
Adenovirus
Aspirin-intolerant asthma is characterized by
- Asthma
- Apsirin-induced bronchospasms
- Nasal polyps
Angiofibroma is
Benign tumor of nasal mucosa composed of large blood vessels and fibrous tissue
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma associated with
EBC in african children and chinese adults
Biopsy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma revels
Pleomorphic keratin-positive epithelial cells
Acute epiglottitis is due to
H. influenzae type B
Laryngeal papilloma due to
HPV 6 and 11
Lobar pneumonia characterized by
consolidation of entire lobe of the lung
What bacterias cuase Lobar pneumonia
S. pneumoniae
Klebsiella
Bronchopneumonia characterized by
Scattered patchy consolidation centered around bronchioles
Interstitial pneumonia AKA
Atypical pneumonia
Interstitial pneumonia characterized by
diffuse interstitial infiltrates
What organisms cause Aspiration pneumonia
Anaerobic bacteria in the oropharynx:
- Bacteroides
- Fusobacterium
- Peptococcus
What affects malnourished and debilitated individuals, alcoholics, diabetics
Kebsiella
What organisms cause bronchopneumonia
- S. aureus
- H. influenzae (COPD)
- Pseudomonas (CF)
- Moraxella
- Legionella (Water source Silver Stain)
Organisms causing Interstitial pneumonia
- Mycoplasma
- Chlamydia
- RSV
- CMV
- Influenza
- Coxiella