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Week 9 Flashcards

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Local Host Defence Mechanisms: Respiratory (3)

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  • epithelial host defence functions
  • respiratory microecology
  • immune cells
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ways in which Epithelial Host Defence Functions can become defective (4)

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  • decreased mucocilary clearance
  • increased pathogen adhesion
  • decreased epithelial barrier
  • decreased antimicrobial activity
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why Respiratory Microeccology can be altered (2)

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  • decreased indigenous microflora
  • increased in conditional pathogenic microorganisms
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why Immune Cells can become dysfunctional (2)

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  • decreased alveolar macrophages
  • decreased natural killer cells
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Components of mucocilliary transport mechanism (3)

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  • epithelial barrier
  • respiratory mucus
  • respiratory cilla
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Local defence mechanisms of respiratory tract (3)

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  • mucocilliary transport mechanism
  • local production of immunoglobins
  • phagocytosis by macrophages
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Which cells make up airway (3)

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  • respiratory epithelium
  • ciliated columnar calls
  • goblet cells (secret mucous)
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How mucociliary clearance works

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  • mucous layer (made of mucin) traps and protects epithelium from pathogen
  • columnar cilia sweep out pathogen in synchronized waves
  • pathogen and mucous is either coughed out or swallowed
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Colonization and mucociliary clearance

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damage to mucociliary clearance = easier colonization

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Intrinsic factors to respiratory infection (5)

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  • previous infections of respiratory tract
  • anatomical changes
  • immunocompromising medical conditions
  • biologic sex
  • family history/ genetic predisposition
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Intrinsic factors to respiratory infection - Anatomical change (2)

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  • congenital (ex; Cystic Fibrosis)
  • extrinsic factors (ex; smoking, previous infection causing damage)
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Intrinsic factors to respiratory infection - immunocompromised

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  • chronic disease (diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune) that weaken the immune system
  • pre-existing respiratory conditions (COPD, CF)
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Intrinsic factors to respiratory infection - bio sex

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  • male sex babies = higher risk for chronic middle ear infections (otitis media)
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Extrinsic factors to respiratory infection - (8)

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  • smoking
  • occupational/environmental exposure
  • recurent infections (Damage)
  • immunocomprimised (meds, IV drug use, nutrition)
  • living environment (second hand smoke, overcrowding, low income)
  • breast feeding
  • daycare attendance
  • vaccine status
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Prevention of Respiratory Illness (5)

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  • immunization programs
  • helping parents quit smoking/reducing smoke exposure
  • advocating for living conditions + medical research
  • addressing SDoH such as infant nutrition, over-crowding, etc.
  • PPE/hand-washing
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Strep throat - which bacteria

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  • group A betahemolytic streptococcus
  • known as Streptococcus pyogenes
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Strep throat - gram status

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  • gram positive, encapsuloated
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Strep throat - how the microbe spreads through the body

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  • produces streptokinase, which breaks down fibrin clots
  • this allows strep to spread to other tissues
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Strep throat - symptoms (3)

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  • enlarged lymph nodes
  • inflamed tissues
  • pus found on tonsils
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Strep throat - diagnosis

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throat swab

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Strep throat - treatment

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  • penicillin antibiotics
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Strep throat - process of specimen collection (4)

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1) patient tilts head backwards, opens mouth, stick tongue out as much as possible
2) use tongue depressor to hold tongue in place
3) without touching sides of the mouth use a charcoal swab to swab posterior pharynx and tonsillar arches (pt cough/gag)
4) C & S will take around 24 hours to obtain a result

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Scarlet fever - bacterial agent

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streptococcus pyogenes (same as strep throat)

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Scarlet fever - pathogenesis

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  • streptococci produce an erythrogenic toxin, which causes the rash
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Scarlet fever - symptoms (3)

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  • high fever
  • inflamed throat tissues
  • strawberry tongue
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Scarlet fever - treatment

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  • penecillin antibiotics
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Diphtheria - bacteria

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  • corynebacterium diptheriae
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Diphtheria - gram status

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gram-positive

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Diphtheria - symptoms (3)

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  • sore throat
  • neck swelling
  • blockage of respiratory passageways (membrane like accumulations)
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Diphtheria - pathogenesis (2)

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  • membrane like accumulations block respiratory passeageways
  • these accumulations are caused by exotoxin that destroys epithelial lining
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Diphtheria - treatment

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  • antibiotic therapy
  • antitoxin therapy
  • immunization (DPT vaccine)
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Otitis Media - what

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infection of the middle ear

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Otitis Media - common population

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  • childhood
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Otitis Media - symptoms

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earache

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Otitis Media - bacteria (3)

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  • streptococcus pneumoniae
  • haemophilus influenzae
  • staphylococcus aureus
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Otitis Media - viral or bacterial

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90% viral

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Otitis Media - treatment

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  • 72 hours of watching (rule out viral)
  • then initiate antibiotics
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Otitis Media - specimen collection (2)

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  • no specimen collection
  • tympanic membrane rupture and exudate mAY have specimen collection though not typical
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Pneumonia - what

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  • lung inflammation where air sacs fill with pus and become solid
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Pneumonia - anatomical classifiations

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  • double pneumonia
  • single pneumonia
  • lobar pneumonia
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double Pneumonia

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Pneumonia affecting both lungs

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single Pneumonia

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Pneumonia affecting one lung

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lobar pneumonia

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Pneumonia only affecting certain lobes

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Pneumococcal Pneumonia - bacteria

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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streptococcus pneumonia - gram status

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gram-positive

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46
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streptococcus pneumonia - virrulence

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a polysaccharide capsule (protects from phagocytosis)

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Streptococcus pneumonia - lifetime immunity

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  • capsule is antigenic, so antibodies specific for this capsule can neutralize the pathogen
  • however, 84 serotypes for this capsule so surviving one infection only provides immunity to 83 capsules
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Streptococcus pneumonia - symptoms (5)

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  • rigors
  • fever
  • consolidation of the lung
  • severe chest pain
  • SOB
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most common pneumonia bacteria in adults

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streptococcus pneumonia

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what is consolidation of the lung

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  • filling of the air spaces with bacteria, fluid, debris
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Pneumonia and chest X-ray

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  • pneumonia is seen as a white consolidation on x ray
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Streptococcus pneumonia - treatment

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aggressive penicillin therapy

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Haemophilus influenzae - growth medium

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blood-containing medium

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Haemophilus influenzae - ideal host

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  • transmitted respiratory
  • often attacks lungs of a person debilitated by viral influenza
  • grows in blood-containing medium
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Bacteria for adult meningitis

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streptococcus pneumoniae

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bacteria for childhood meningitis

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Haemophilus influenzae B

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bacteria for childhood epiglotittis

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Haemophilus influenzae B

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Haemophilus influenzae - why it affects children

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  • antibodies to the capsule in infants and children between 6 months and 3 years of age
  • under 6mo placental antibodies
  • after Haemophilus influenzae takes 3-5 years to develop antibodies
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Haemophilus influenzae - virrulence factor (2)

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  • polysaccharide capsule
  • 6 types (type B = invasive)
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Haemophilus influenzae - prevention

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vaccination - stimulate early generation of protective antibodies

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Main 2 bacteria causing Pneumonia

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  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Bacteria causing Atypical Pneumonias

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  • mycoplasma pneumoniae
  • chlamidial pneumoniae
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Atypical pneumonia

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  • drier cough
  • less sick appealing
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Mycoplasamal pneumonia

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  • aka walking pneumonia
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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  • exceptionally small sub-microscopic bacteria with no cell walls
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae - treatment

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erythromycin antibiotic

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Chlamydial pneumoniae - gram status

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gram negative

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Chlamydial pneumoniae - appearance

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resembles influenxa

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Chlamydial pneumoniae - treatment

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  • tetracycline therapy
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Pneumonia - sampling

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  • spread via droplets = cant sample
  • sputum cultures not required unless failure with first line antibiotics
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Tuburculosis - bacteria

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mycobacterium tuburcolosis

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Tuburculosis - acid fast ?

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high lipid content in the cell wall = acid-fast on staining

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Tuburculosis - oxygen status

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  • obligate aerobe (infects lungs)
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Tuberculosis - portal of entry

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respiratory droplets and infection of lung tissues

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Legionella - bacteria

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Legionella pneumophila

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Legionella pneumophila - Gram status

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  • gram negative
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Legionella pneumophila - resevoir

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  • collects and is airborne in wind gusts
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Legionella pneumophila - symptoms

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  • high fever
  • lung consolidation
  • pneumonia
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Legionella pneumophila - treatment

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  • erythromycin antibiotic
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Legionella pneumophila - historic outbreaks

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  • poorly maintained artificial water systems (cooling towers, industry cooling systems, hot and cold water systems, whirlpool spas)
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Legionella pneumophila - movement

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Legionella pneumophila - oxygen status

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Legionella pneumophila - pathogenesis (2)

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  • invades macrophages
  • surround themselves in membrane bound vacule (no lysosomes) to multiply
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Legionella pneumophila - incubation period

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Legionella pneumophila - initial symptoms (6)

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  • fever
  • loss of appetite
  • headache
  • malaise
  • lethargy
  • mild cough
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Legionella pneumophila - additional symptoms (4)

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  • muscle pain
  • diarrhea
  • confusion
  • blood streaked phlegm (hemoptysis)
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Legionella pneumophila - complication (2)

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  • blood streaked phlegm (hemoptysis)
  • pneumonia leading to resp failure leading to shock/ multi-organ failure
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hemoptysis

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blood streaked phlegm

89
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Bordetella Pertusis - common name

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whooping cough

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Bordetella Pertusis - mode of transmission

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airborn droplets

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Bordetella Pertusis - anatomical site

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trachea and bronchi

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Paroxysms of cough

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  • a type of cough sounding like whooping
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Paroxysms of cough - described

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1) paroxysm of trachea/bronchi
2) rapid inrush of air = high pitched whooping sound

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Bordetella Pertusis - incubation period

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Bordetella Pertusis - stages of disease (3)

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1) catarrhal stage (1-2 weeks)
2) Paroxysmal stage (1-10 weeks)
3) convalescent stage (2-6 weeks or months)

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Bordetella Pertusis - stages of disease - catarrhal stage

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  • 1-2 weeks
  • symptoms like URI, runny nose, fever, mild cough
  • most contagious here
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Bordetella Pertusis - stages of disease - most cotagious

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catarrhal stage (first stage)

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Bordetella Pertusis - stages of disease - paroxymal stage (6)

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  • 1-6 weeks, up to 10 weeks
  • fever subsides
  • paroxysm (burst) of numerous rapid coughs
  • followed by long inhale (whoop)
  • infants/young children appear very ill, turn blue, vomit
  • “whooping” does not necessarily have to accompany the cough
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Bordetella Pertusis - stages of disease - convalescent stage

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  • 2-6 weeks or months
  • cough usually disapears, but paroxysms may recur whenever the patient suffers any subsequent resp infection
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Bordetella Pertusis - primary age

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  • can infect any age, but is worse in infants and children
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Bordetella Pertusis - treatment

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  • erythromycin and other antibiotics
  • DPT vaccien
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The common cold - cause

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  • virus from Picornaviridae virus =
    • rhinoviruses
    • coronaviruses
    • adenoviruses
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Rhinoviruses (2)

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  • non-enveloped single-stranded RNA viruses
  • most common cause for common cold
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coronaviruses - what

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single stranded enveloped RNA

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adenoviruses

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  • double stranded DNA wrapped in a protective protein coat
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Symptoms of rhinovirus vs coronavirus vs adenovirus

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virtually indestinguishable

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common cold - spread

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  • transmitted through hand to hand spread of mucous membrane and dropplet secretions
  • cough and sneezing produce aerosols
  • rhinovirus can stay on surfaces for up to a week
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Common cold - treatment

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  • lessening symptoms
  • antiviral therapies not available
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Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV) - symptoms

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  • mild, cold-like symptoms
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Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV) - recovery

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most people recover in a week, more serious in infants and older adults

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Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV) - at risk poulations

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  • infants
  • older adults
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most common cause of pneumonia and broncholitis in children less than 1 year

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  • Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV)
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Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV) - genetic material

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Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV) - pathogenesis

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  • cause cell cultures to fuse and form clusters called syncytia
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Respiratory Synctial Virus (RSV) - symptoms in children

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  • severe coughing and wheezing
  • distinct lung sound on lung auscultation (popping)
  • signs of respiratory distress are usually evident
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Coronaviruses - symptoms

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  • commmon cold to ultimately fatal illness
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Coronaviruses - genetic material

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single stranded RNA viruses encircled with a viral nucleocapsid envelope

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SARS-CoV-2 - unique structure

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  • are spherical particles
  • have proteins called spikes protruding from their surface, thus giving the apperance of a crown
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SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenesis

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  • spike proteins latch onto human cells, then undergo structural change that allows the viral membrane to fuse with the cell membrane
  • viral genes can then enter the host cell to be copied producing more viruses
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Coronaviruses vs SARS CoV-2

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  • COVID-19 shows less severe pathogenesis
  • COVID-19 shows higher transmission competence
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Coronaviruses - specimen collection

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  • nasopharangeal swab (NP)
  • swab inserted deeply into nasal cavity (pt. will likely flinch)
  • twirl swab three times and kept in place for 10 seconds
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Influenza - genetic material

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  • eight RNA strands helically wound and enclosed in a capsid
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Influensa classifications

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influenza classification - which causes morbidity and mortality

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  • Influenza A viruses
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Influenza - when epidemics occur

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  • yearly
  • between late december and early march
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Influenza - pathogenesis

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  • long glycoprotein spikes (HA and NA) attach and release newly formed virions
  • mutation can occur in HA or NA during replication = new strains
  • can cause Antigenic Drift (less virulent) or Antigenic Shift (more virrulent)
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Antigenic drift

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when influenzae HA or NA proteins mutate to become less attacked by immune system and cause milder disease

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Antigenic shift

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change of the HA or NA resulting in increased susceptibility to disease

129
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Fungal Respiratory Infections

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  • histoplasmosis
  • aspergillosis
  • pneumocystis pneumonia
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Histoplasmosis

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  • fungal disease
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Histoplasmosis - caused by

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  • the yesat Histoplasma Capsulatum
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Histoplasmosis - infection symptoms

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  • infection similar to TB (esp immunocompromised individuals)
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Histoplasmosis - associated with

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bird and bat droppings

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Aspergillosis - caused by

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  • fungus Aspergillus fumigatus
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Aspergillosis - pathogenesis

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  • fungus grows in lung tissues and forms compact ball of fungal mycelium, blocking respiratory passegways
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Aspergillosis - treatment

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  • surgical excising of mass of fungi
  • anti-fungals
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Pneumocyctis pneumonia - fungus

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  • Pneumocyctis carinii
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Pneumocyctis carinii - what is it

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usually considered protozoan, it might be a fungus

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Pneumocyctis pneumonia - patient population

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  • AIDS patients
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Pneumocyctis pneumonia - pathogenesis

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  • organisms grow in lungs of immunocomprimised individuals and cause severe consolidation, which can lead to death (50% of AIDS deaths)

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