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Respiratory infections Flashcards

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Where is TB most common?

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india, indonesia, pakistan, china, philippines

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What organisms cause TB?

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mycobacterium tuberculosis is most common, M. Bovis is also seen in cattle and some human, M. africanum is also seen in Africa.

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What typeof bacteria is mycobacterium tuberculosis?

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non motile rod shaped obliguate aerobe

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What is M. tuberculosis cell wall made of and what implications does this have?

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Long chain fatty acids

  • staining characteristics (no gram stain)
  • structural integrity
  • withstand harsh envrionments
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How quickly does M. tuberculosis divide?

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every 15-20 hrs

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How is TB spread?

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Respiratory droplets released when coughing, sneezing and speaking. The infectious dose is only 1-10 bacteria but you need prolonged close contact exposure- at least 8 hrs a day for 6 months.

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Describe the pathogenesis of TB

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  • inhaled infectious droplets
  • engulfed by alveolar macrophages
  • taken to local lymph nodes
  • forms a primary complex
  • 5% progress to active primary disease (if very virulent or immunocompromised)
  • most go on to develop latent infection which heals/ self cures (95%) or is reactivated when the pt later becomes immunocompromised to cause post- primary active TB (5%)
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What cell is responsible for handling primary TB infections?

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T cells- as it is cell mediated immunity

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Whats the difference between having a TB infection and having TB disease?

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TB disease is when you get symptoms

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How can you differentiate between TB infection and TB disease? (3)

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If TB disease:

  • symptomatic
  • abnormal CXR
  • sputum samples and cultures may be positive
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Post primary TB disease may be due to exogenous reinfection or reactivation of latent TB. What may reactivate the TB?

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  • HIV
  • substance abuse
  • steroid treatment/ immunosurpression
  • organ transplant
  • haematological malignancy
  • kidney disease
  • diabetes
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What are the most common extra pulmonary sites for TB disease to manifest? when do these most commonly occur?

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  • larynx
  • lymph nodes
  • pleura
  • brain
  • kidneys
  • bones and joints
    HIV or immunosurpressed pts
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What is millary TB?

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TB spreads through blood and is taken to all parts of the body. It is very rare.

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What is a gohn focus?

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the site of primary infection of TB

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What are the risk factors for TB?

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HIV, non UK born, immunocompromised, homeless, drug users, prisoners, close contacts, young adults and elderly

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What signs and symptoms of TB are created by chronic T cell stimulation?

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  • fever (via TNFa, Il-6 and Il-1)
  • night sweats
  • weight loss and anorexia
  • tiredness and malaise
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What signs and symptoms does the active TB directly cause?

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  • cough
  • sometimes haemoptysis
  • breathlessness if pleural effusion
  • consolidation
  • cavitation and fibrosis
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How should TB be investigated? Describe what should/ may be found?

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  • CXR- find patchy consolidation +/- cavitation, usually upper lobes/ apices
  • Biposy- not often done but caseous necorsis indicates TB
  • Sputum samples
  • Tuberculin skin testing (mantoux test)- will be positive if they have every had/ have TB infection
  • Interferon gamma releasing assays- detects INF-y specific to TB, so will be positive if theyve ever had/ ahve TB
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How can sputum samples be used to diagnose TB?

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  • need 3 samples, with one positive
  • smears are stained with zeihl neelson stain or auramine (fluorescent)
  • need culturing so can take upto 3 weeks
  • NAAT can also be used for quicker diagnosis and check for drug resistance mutations
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20
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How is TB treated?

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RIPE:
- Rifampicin (6 months)
- Isoniazid (6 months)
- Pyrazinamide (2 months)
- Ethambutol (2 months)
sometimes also streptomycin 
Surgery can sometimes be done if just one lobe affected
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21
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What are the 2 main side effects of TB drugs?

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rifampicin turns wee orange

theyre all hepato and probably nephrotoxic

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22
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Why are so many drugs needed to treat TB?

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  • stop resistance forming

- long term because it multiplies so slowly

23
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What are the diadvantages of the mantoux test?

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  • prone to false positives if BCG vaccinated
  • also false negatives if HIV or immunosurpressed
  • also cannot differentiate between latent and active disease
24
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How effective is the BCG vaccine?

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70% effective in children, less effective in adults

25
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What is meant by TB being a notifiable disease?

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When you diagnose a case you need to let public health england know so they can do contact tracing and monitor outbreaks

26
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What organisms make up the normal flora of the upper respiratory tract?

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  • viridans streptococci
  • neisseria species
  • candida species
  • sometimes S. pneumonia, strep pyogenes, H. influenza
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What organisms make up the normal flora of the lower respiratory tract?

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none- there should be no bacteria there

28
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State 4 innate defences of the respiratory tract?

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  • Alveolar macrophages
  • muco- cilary clearance
  • cough and sneeze reflex
  • MALT tissues of pharynx and tonsils
29
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Whats the most common cause of upper respiratory tract infections?

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  • viruses- rhinovirus, coroavirus, influenze virus

- most are self limiting

30
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What is acute bronchitis and what causes it?

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Infection of the medium sized airways, almost only seen in smokers, usually caused by viruses or S. pneumonia or H. infleunza

31
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How will acute bronchitis present?

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Cough, fever, increased sputum production, SOB, smoking history
- CXR usually normal as no parenchyma involvement

32
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How is acute bronchitis treated?

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Supportively- rest, paracetamol, fluids, bronchodilation, sometimes physio to remove secretions
Rarely antibiotics

33
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Is chronic bronchitis caused by infection?

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No, but exacerbations may have infective causes

34
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What is pneumonia?

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Inflammation of the lung alveoli

35
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How does pneumonia present?

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  • systemically unwell
  • fevers +/- rigors
  • cough +/- sputum
  • pleuritic chest pain (sharp, localised, worse on moving)
  • SOB
  • consolidation in lungs - on CXR, crackles and dullness to precuss
  • malaise/ nausia/ vomiting
  • high resp and heart rate
  • cyanosis
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How is pneumonia investigated?

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  • CXR (diagnotic)
  • FBC, U&E, LFT, ABG
  • Sputum sample
  • blood culture
  • nose and throat swab for viruses
  • urine (test for leigonella and pneumococcus)
  • serum antibodies
37
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What scoring system is used to asses severity of pneumonia to decide whether to admit to hospital or nor?

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CURB 65- score of >2 should be admitted

Confusion// Uraemia// Respiratory rate > 30// Blood pressure low// age >65

38
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What’s the difference between lobar and bronchiopneumonia?

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lobar affects all of a lobe

Broncho affects patches in >1 lobe

39
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What are the 1st and 2nd commonest causes of community aquired pneumonia?

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1st- streptococcus pneumoniae
2nd- haemophilus influenza
Also staph A, Morazella catarrhalis and klebsiella pneumonia

40
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List 3 atypical causes of community acquired pneumonia?

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  • Legionella
  • Mycoplasma
  • chalmydia psittaci
    Atypical pneumonia will tend to have extra pulmonary features (hepatitis, low [Na+] ect)
41
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How is community acquired pneumonia treated?

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If mild to moderate: amoxicillin or doxycycline if allergic
If severe: use co- amoxiclav and doxycycline
- also o2, Iv fluids, pain releif ect

42
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If pneumonia doesn’t resolve w/ antibiotics, what complications could arise? (3)

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Lung abcesses
Bronchiectasis
Empyema

43
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How is atypical community acquired pneumonia treated?

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Macrolides, tetracyclines (eg doxycycline) as atypical bacteria dont generally have cell wall so need to target protein synthesis

44
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What may cause viral pneumonia?

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Infleunza virus, parainfluenza virus, RSV, adenovirus

45
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What are the 4 most common causative organisms in hospital acquired pneumonia?

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  • Staph A
  • Enterobacteriaciae
  • pseudomonas species
  • h. influenza
  • fungi
46
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How is hospital acquired pneumonia treated?

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co- amoxiclav, if this doesnt work ITU + pipperacillin/ tazobactam/ meropenem

47
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What is aspiration pneumonia? When does it most commonly occur?

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When you aspirate exogenous or endogenous material into the lower resp tract and this introduces bacteria. Most common in stroke pts, drug ODs, alcoholics, epileptics and drowning.

48
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How is aspiration pneumonia treated?

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Co- amoxiclav- need broad range as it generally introduces a few bacteria

49
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What chest infections are more likely w/ HIV?

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Aspergillius, TB, PCP

50
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What virus is more common in those who’ve just had bone marrow transplants?

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Cytomegalo virus

51
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What type of bacterial infections are more common in someone who’s had a splenectomy?

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encasulated bacteria- (S. pneumonia, H. influenza)

52
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How are lower resp tract infections prevented in at risk groups?

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flu and pneumococcal vaccine
chemoprophylaxis
smoking advice (stop)

53
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Why does TB treatment have poor complicance and how is this reduced?

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It is a long course (6 months) and lots of drugs, and they feel better in first couple of weeks.
Directly observed treatments (someone watches you swallow them) can be done if needed.

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