Respiratory Tract Infection Flashcards
Types of microorganism pathogenicity
Primary
Facultative
Opportunistic
What is primary pathogenicity?
If the microorganisms infect everybody
What is facultative pathogenicity?
Need a bit of help - predisposing conditions
What determines the capacity to resist infection?
Stage of host defence mechanisms
Age of patient
Is the upper respiratory tract sterile?
No
Is the lower respiratory tract sterile?
Yes
What does resistance to organisms decrease with?
Age
Examples of URTIs
Coryza Sore throat syndrome Acute laryngotracheobronchitis Laryngitis Sinusitis Acute epiglottitis
What is coryza?
Common cold
Another name for acute layrngotracheobornchitis
Croup
Who gets acute epiglottitis?
Young children
Causative organism of acute epiglottitis
Group A beta haemolytic streptococci
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Examples of LRTIs
Bronchitis
Bronchiolitis
Pneumonia
Respiratory tract defence mechanisms
Macrophage mucociliary escalator system - alveolar macrophages - mucociliary escalator - cough reflex - particle clearance from lungs General immune system (humoral and cellular) Respiratory tract secretions Upper resp tract acts as filter - nose hair - warms and humidifies air
Other exit routes for macrophages
Alveolar wall into lymphatic system
When can the mucosal ciliary escalator fail? What may this result in?
During viral infections
Viruses / foreign bodies retained in the lungs
What is a common reason to get bacterial lung infections?
Virus infections damage the epithelium and cause damage to the mucosal ciliary escalator
Aetiological classification of pneumonia
Community acquired Hospital acquired (nosocomial) Pneumonia in the immunocompromised Atypical Aspiration Recurrent
What is atypical pneumonia?
Pneumonia caused by unusual infectious agents
Patterns of pneumonia
Bronchopneumonia Segmental Lobar Hypostatic Aspiration Obstruction
What is bronchopneumonia?
Acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchi with adjacent bits of lung infected
What is segmental pneumonia?
Segment of the lung
What is lobar pneumonia?
Affects a lobe of the lung
What is hypostatic pneumonia?
Patient lots of accumulation of secreted fluid - usually due to bronchitis producing mucus or cardiac failure
What does bronchopneumonia look like on CXR?
Bilateral basal patchy opacification - relating to the focal nature of consolidation
Complications of pneumonia
Pleurisy Pleural effusion Empyema Mass lesion COP Constrictive bronchiolitis Lung abscess Bronchiectasis
What is pleural effusion?
Fluid in pleural space
What is COP?
Cryptogenic organising pneumonia (BOOP)
What is bronchiectasis?
Pathological dilatation of the bronchi
Causes of bronchiectasis
Severe infective episode
Recurrent infections
Proximal bronchial obstruction
Lung parenchymal destruction
What % of bronchiectasis starts in childhood?
75%
Presentation of bronchiectasis
Cough
Abundant purulent foul sputum
Haemoptysis
Signs of chronic infection
Signs of bronchiectasis
Coarse crackles
Clubbing
Ix of bronchiectasis
CT
Treatment of bronchiectasis
Postural drainage
Antibiotics
Surgery
Causes of aspiration pneumonia
Vomiting Oesophageal lesion Obstetric anaesthesia Neuromuscular disorders Sedation
Possible causes of recurrent lung infection
Local bronchial obstruction (tumour/foreign body)
Local pulmonary damage (e.g. bronchiectasis)
Generalised lung disease (CF or COPD)
Non resp disease (immunocompromised / aspiration etc)
Types of organisms causing opportunistic infections
Low grade bacterial pathogens
CMV
Pneumocystitis jirovecci
Fungi and yeasts
Air flow in airways
Bulk flow
- laminar (parallel)
- turbulent (irregular)
What happens beyond the terminal bronchiole?
Diffusion
Normal PaO2
10.5 - 13.4 kPa
Normal PaCO2
4.8 - 6.0 kPa
Types of respiratory failure
Type 1
Type 2
Type I resp failure
PaO2 < 8kPa
Pa CO2 normal or low
Type II resp failure
PaCO2 > 6.5kPa
Pa02 usually low
What are the 4 abnormal states associated with hypoxaemia?
Ventilation / perfusion imbalance (V/Q)
Diffusion impairment
Alveolar hypoventilation
Shunt
Pulmonary vascular changes in hypoxia
Physiological pulmonary arteriolar vasoconstriction
Pathology of pneumonia causing hypoxaemia
Ventilation/perfusion abnormality (mismatch)
- some ventilation of abnormal alveoli, but not enough
Shunt
- severe bronchopneumonia
- no ventilation of abnormal alveoli
- blood passing from R to L shunt of heart without contacting ventilated alveoli
When do pathological shunts occur?
AV malformations
Congenital heart disease
Pulmonary disease
Pathology of COPD causing hypoxaemia
Ventilation perfusion abnormality - airway obstruction
Alveolar hypoventilation
- reduced resp drive
- entire lung volume not being ventilated well
- increased PaCO2
Diffusion impairment - loss of alveolar surface area
Shunt
- only during acute exacerbation
- area of lung tissue that is completely airless which has no ventilation to it because the lung is either obstructed or consolidated
The concentration of CO2 and H in where makes us breath in and out?
CSF
COPD patients effect on their respiratory drive
Patients who live in a chronic hypoxic situation despite the best efforts of the kidney means the respiratory centre loses the drive from the CO2 and the H ions
Patients with COPD rely on hypoxia to give them more of a resp drive (therefore have to manage how much oxygen you give them)
What is cor pulmonale?
Right sided heart failure due to pulmonary HTN
Pathology of cor pulmonale
Pulmonary vasoconstriction Pulmonary arteriole muscle hypertrophy intimal fibrosis Loss of capillary bed Secondary polycythaemia Bronchopulmonary arterial anastomoses Chronic - hypertrophy of R ventricle
Examples of URTIs in children
Rhinitis Tonsillitis Otitis media Pharyngitis Tacheitis / LTB Laryngitis Epiglottitis
Viral infective agents causing URTIs in children
Adenovirus Influenza A and B Para flu I, III RSV Rhinovirus
What does RSV stand for?
Respiratory syncytial virus
Bacterial causes of URTIs in children
H influenzae M catarrhalis Mycoplasma S aureus Streptococci - B haemolytic - S pygoenes - non haemolytic S pneumoniae
What is rhinitis?
Inflammation of mucous membrane inside nose
When does rhinitis occur?
Winter months
Is rhinitis self limiting?
Yes
What can rhinitis be a prodrome for?
Pneumonia
Bronchiolitis
Meningitis
Septicaemia
What is otitis media?
Ear infection