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Pneumonia facts
Pneumonia facts from lecture
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the symptoms of PNA? | SOB, cough, fevers, chills, +/- sweats, pleuritic chest pain, Concurrent UR symptoms |
| How are circulating CD4+ T cells crticial in Pneumonia? | They coordinate and prime alveolar macrophage responses to invading organisms |
| What are risk factors for pneumoniae? | AGe, Impaired host defeces (Mechanical/Cellular defects) |
| How do you get pneumoniae? | Microaspiration, Inhallation, reactivation, Macroaspiration, hematogenous spread |
| What are teh main bacteria that cause Pneumonia? | Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, Staph aureus + MRSA, Gram negative (Klebsiella and pseudomonas) |
| What are teh atypical agents of pneumonia? | Legionella, mycoplasma and chlamydia |
| What viruses cause pneumoniae? | Influenza, RSV, parainfluenza, adenovirus |
| If in the chest X ray, you see consolidation of lobar or segmental pattern, what do you think? | Pneumococcal PNA |
| If there is a miliary or reticulonodular infiltrate in CXR, what do you think? | TB/fungal |
| If you see nodular +/- cavitary infiltrates, think what? | TB, actinomycosis |
| What are some useful skin findings for PNA? | erythema multiforme, maculopapular rash, erythema nodosum, erythema gangrenosum |
| What are some useful mouth findings? | Dental caries, herpes simplex |
| What are some useful Ear findings? | Bullous myringitis |
| If you find some neurological deficit and its pointing to PNA, what do you think? | Aspiration |
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