Respiratory Tract Infections Flashcards
Hepatits, travel, air conditioning, water towers
HYPONATRAEMIA and lymphopenia
Legionella Pneumophilia
Legionella Pneumophilia
Hepatits, travel, air conditioning, water towers
HYPONATRAEMIA and lymphopenia
30-50% CAP
S pneumoniae
Rusty coloured sputum, usually lobar consolidation
S pneumoniae
S pneumoniae
Rusty coloured sputum, usually lobar consolidation
G+ve diplococci
Shape and stain: S pneumoniae
G+ve diplococci
Stain and shape: H influenzae
G-ve coccobacilli
Stain and shape: M. Catarrhalis
G-ve coccus
Stain and shape: S. Aureus
G+ve cocci (grape bunch clusters)
Stain and shape: Klebsiella Pneumoniae
G-ve rod
Associated with COPD/preexisting lung disease and SMOKING
H. influenzae
H. influenzae associations
Associated with COPD/preexisting lung disease and SMOKING
Associated with recent viral infection (e.g. post influenza)
+- cavitation on CXR
S. Aureus
S. Aureus associations
Associated with recent viral infection (e.g. post influenza)
+- cavitation on CXR
Klebsiella associations
alcoholism, elderly, haemoptysis
alcoholism, elderly, haemoptysis
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Common system symptoms, joint pain, cold agglutin test, erythema multiforme
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae symptoms
Common system symptoms, joint pain, cold agglutin test, erythema multiforme
BIRDS
Chlamydia Psittaci
Whooping cough in unvaccinated
Bordella Pertussis
Bordella Pertussis presentation
Whooping cough in unvaccinated
Farm animals, hepatits
Coxiella Burnetii (Q fever)
Coxiella Burnetii (Q fever) associations
Farm animals
Treatment for Aspergillus?
Amphotericin B
CURB65 components?
Confusion Urea >7 RR >30 BP (SBP <90, DBP <60) Age >65
2-5 severe
Time frame to diagnose Bronchitis
symptoms most days for 3 months for over 2 consecutive years
Immunosupression and Resp tract infections
- Neutropaenia
Fungi e.g. Aspergillus spp
Immunosupression and Resp tract infections
- Splenectomy
Encapsulated organisms (H. influenzae, S. Pneumoniae, N. Menigitidis)
Immunosupression and Resp tract infections
- Bone Marrow tx
CMV, Aspergillosis
Immunosupression and Resp tract infections
- HIV
P. jiroveci, TB, cryptococcus neoformans
Three antibiotics leading to psudomembranous colitis
Cephalosporins, Ciprofloxacin, Clindamycin