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Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

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normal flora of the nasopharyngeal/oropharngeal   Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus salivarius, other viridans sptreptococci, Streptococcus pneumoniae, non group A β-hemolytic streptococci, Streptococcus pyogenes, nonhemolytic streptococci, Veillonella spp., Bacteroides spp., Fusobacterium app.  
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primary pathogens of the respiratory tract   Streptococcus pneumoniae, group A β-hemolytic streptococci, Neisseria meningitis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Bordetella pertussis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium kansasii, Legionella pneumophila, toxin-producing Corynebacterium diptheriae, Mycoplas  
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pharyngitis and causative agents   Children: Streptococcus pyogenes; Adults: viruses  
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sinusitis and causative agents   most common: rhinovirus, Parainfluenza virus; less common: Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilis influenzae  
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epiglottitis and causative agents   most common: Stre[tococci, Staphylococci, H. influenzae type B; less common: H parainfluenzae  
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pertussis and causative agents   most common: Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis; less common: Bordetella bronchiseptica, Bordetella holmesii  
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bronchitis/bronchiolitis and causative agents   most common: respiratory viruses, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza; less common:Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, Bordetella pertussis  
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influenza and causative agents   influenza A or B virus based off surface antigens  
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acute pneumonia and causative agents   RSV, influenza types A and B, S. pneumoniae, S. aureus  
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nosocomal pneumonia and causative agents   gran-negative bacilli, Stphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Legionella pneumophila  
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aspiration pneumonia and causative agents   mixed aerobes and sometimes anaerobes  
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empyema and causative agents   community acquired: S. pneumoniae, S. aureus, S. pyogenes, S. anginosus, anaerobes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; health care-associated: gram-negative bacilli, anaerobes  
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tuberculosis and causative agents   Mycobacteria  
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other chronic pneumonias and causative agents   Mycobasterium tuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacteria, Blastomyces dermatitidis, Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides immitis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Aspergillus spp., Zygomycetes, Pneumocytis jirovecii  
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common respiratory pathogens in HIV infections   Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium complex, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenae, Toxoplasma gondii, Pneumocytis immitis, Histoplasma capsulatum, Aspergillus spp., Cryptococcus neoformans, influenza, Cytomegalovirus  
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Bioterrorism/repiratory infections   anthrax, pneumonic plague, and tularemia  
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Common pathogens of lower respiratory infections by age   neonates: Chlamydia trachonatis; infants: RSV, influenza virus; 5-18mo: S. pneumoniae, H, influenzae; 3mo-19yr: viruses, S. aureus, M. pneumoniae; 18-45: M. pneumoniae; older adults: S. pneumoniae, Legionalla spp.;  
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