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Respiratory Pathology Pt. 4 Flashcards

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What is the top “morbid” cause of hospital admissions?

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PNA

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What is the most common cause of sepsis?

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PNA

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What is the most common cause of community-acquired PNA?

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Strep pneumo

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What are the stages of lobar PNA and their characteristics?

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1) congestion: vascular engorgement, higher perfusion
2) red hepatization: RBC’s, inflammation, neutrophils
3) grey hepatization: inflammation and debris
4) resolution: fibrosis and macrophage clean-up

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What are a few complications of lobar PNA?

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  • abscesses
  • empyema (pus in pleural cavity)
  • bacteremia
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How will Streptococcus pneumoniae appear on a gram stain?

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gram-positive diplococci (lancet-shaped) in PAIRS AND CHAINS

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For whom is the Strep pneumo vaccine recommended?

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  • infants
  • elderly (>65yrs)
  • pts w/ respiratory disease
  • smokers
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What are the characteristics of PNA d/t Haemophilus influenzae?

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  • -virulent PNA in children
  • -recommended vaccine for Type B for kids <5yrs
  • -community-acquired
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What are the characteristics of PNA d/t Staphylococcus aureus?

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  • -abscess formation
  • -IV drug users
  • -community-acquired
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What are the characteristics of PNA d/t Klebsiella pneumoniae?

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  • -alcoholics
  • -chronic aspiration
  • -hemorrhagic PNA
  • -currant jelly sputum (d/t bleeding)
  • -community-acquired
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What are the characteristics of PNA d/t Pseudomonas aeruginosa?

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  • -seen often in CF pts
  • -may be seen as opportunistic or nosocomial
  • -foul-smelling (or fruity, grape-smelling) GREEN mucus
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What are the characteristics of Typical PNA vs Atypical PNA?

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Typical: abrupt onset, respiratory symptoms, consolidation, children, elderly

Atypical: slow onset, systemic symptoms, patchy infiltrates, teens, young adults

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What are some bacteria that cause typical PNA?

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  • Strep pneumo
  • Haemophilus influenza
  • Staph aureus
  • Klebsiella
  • Pseudomonas
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What are some bacteria that cause atypical (“walking”) PNA?

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  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae
  • Legionella
  • Chlamydia pneumonia
  • Chlamydia psittaci
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What is the most common cause of atypical (“walking”) pneumonia?

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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What are the characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae?

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  • smallest, free-living, self-replicating microorganisms
  • smaller than the respiratory cilia
  • does NOT gram stain d/t lack of cell wall
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What are the characteristics of Legionella pneumophila?

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  • gram negative bacillus
  • grow in warm freshwater (A/C units, misters, hot tubs)
  • airborne disease
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Where in the lungs does bacterial PNA localize versus where in the lungs does viral PNA localize?

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Bacteria: in alveolar spaces

Viruses: in interstitium

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What two proteins classify community-acquired PNA d/t the influenza virus and what are their roles in the disease?

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Hemagglutinin: attaches virus to host cells

Neuraminidase: allows release of replicated virus from host cells

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What is oseltamivir’s mechanism of action?

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-neuraminidase inhibitor, prevents replicated virus from being released from the host cell

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What are the clinical characteristics of the flu versus the common cold?

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Flu: abrupt onset, fever, aches, chills, fatigue, HA

Cold: gradual onset, sneezing, stuffy nose, sore throat

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What is antigenic drift?

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  • causes epidemics
  • minor changes to proteins on the virus allow spread
  • similar enough to original that some are immune
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What is antigenic shift?

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  • causes pandemics
  • genomic alterations w/ major protein changes
  • naive immunity for almost all humans
  • possibly zoonotic in origin
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What viral class has the easiest time creating viral proteins and why?

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single-stranded RNA, b/c it is the same format as mRNA and can go straight to the ribosome of the host cell and start translating proteins

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What viral class is SARS-CoV-2?
positive-sense ssRNA
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For what enzyme does SARS-Co-V-2 have a tropism?
ACE
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What are characteristic findings in the vasculature of COVID-19 patients?
- -endothelial damage - -platelet activation - -D-dimer - -megakaryocytes
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What are causes of PNA in neonates?
- Group B Strep - Listeria - gram negative rods (ex: E. coli)
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What are causes of viral PNA in infants and children?
- RSV (seasonal peaks, mostly very young kids) - parainfluenza virus - influenza A/B - adenovirus - rhinovirus
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What are the causes of bacterial PNA in infants and children?
- Strep pneumo - Haemophilus influenzae - Moraxella catarrhalis - Staph aureus (Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae should be additional considerations in older children and teens)
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What are the clinical symptoms of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)?
- rhinorrhea - cough - wheezing - dyspnea, tachypnea - cyanosis
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What family of virus is Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)?
paramyxovirus
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How did RSV get its name?
-on histology, a multinucleate cell forms a syncytium
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What are other paramyxoviridae besides RSV?
- hMPV (human metapneumovirus - parainfluenza - measles
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What is the general presentation of a bacterial PNA?
- abrupt onset - may have bacteremia - high fever - crackles - lobar/consolidated - may involved pleura
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What is the general presentation of a viral PNA?
- gradual onset (exception: influenza) - epidemics are common - no fever (exception: influenza) - wheezes - diffuse infiltrates - doesn't involve pleura
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Which two causes of bacterial PNA are associated w/ abscesses?
- Staph aureus | - Klebsiella
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What are risk factors for an abscess formation during a PNA infection?
- chronic alcoholism - elderly - stroke patients - infxn w/ an anaerobe
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Why are abscesses more common in the right middle and right lower lobes?
-aspirated material will tend to follow gravity into the R mainstem bronchus because it has the least sharp branching, making it the "path of least resistance"
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What is seen on histology of tuberculosis?
- caseating granuloma (central necrosis) | - multinucleated giant cells
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What is a Ghon complex?
-caseation in the lung and caseation in the hilar LN's
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What are three fungal causes of chronic PNA (lasting for months in an immunocompetent patient)?
- Blastomycosis - Coccidomycosis - Histoplasmosis
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Where is Histoplasma capsulatum endemic?
Mississippi River Valley
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What is the presentation of histoplasmosis?
- subclinical infxn w/ granulomatous response - calcifications and coin lesions on CXR (can be aggressive in immunocompromised)
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What is seen on a silver stain of Histoplasma capsulatum?
--yeast form looks like "pumpkin seeds" --narrow-based budding
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Where is Blastomyces dermatitides endemic?
Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys
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What is the presentation of blastomycosis?
- subclinical infxn w/ granulomatous response - eosinophilia - can cause disseminated infxn in immunocompromised
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What is seen on a silver stain of Blastomyces dermatitides?
sphere w/ endospores
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What are the characteristics of Pneumocystis jiroveci?
- -opportunistic fungal infxn - -AIDS-defining illness - -cup-shaped yeast
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What are the characteristics of Mycobacterium Avium Complex?
- -immunocompromised or elderly | - -slender red forms on acid-fast stain
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Why is a lung biopsy needed to determine the difference b/w a lung infxn and a lung rejection in lung transplant patients?
--rejection also produces infiltrates and fever --rejection will show mononuclear infiltrates around vessels on histology --infxn will show opportunistic organisms on histology if the pt is on too high a dose of immunosuppressants

CPR 2 Pulm Section (9 decks)

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