Micro, D Kinder, Lec Flashcards

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what type of microbe is bordetella

A

gram negative coccobacilli

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3 phases whooping cough

A

catarrhal
paroxysmal
convalescent

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Dx whooping cough

A

nasal swabs for culture or PCR

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4
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Tx whooping cough

A

zpak

supportive

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Klebsiella pneumonia is what type micrbe

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gram - non-motile capsulate rods, faculative anaerobes

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Currant jelly sputum is pathoneumonic for what

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klebsiella ppneumonia

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what type of microbe is moraxella catarrhalis

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gram - that grow on blood or chocolate agar
diplococci
catalase and oxidase +

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Neisseria meningitidis is what type microbe

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gram - aerobic kidney shaped diplococci
oxidase +
ferments maltose and glucose
grows on thayer-martin media and chocolate agar!!

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Dx and tx neisseria

A

gram stain from CSF, or PCR
CSF culture blood culture, skin culture
penicillin or 3rd generation cephalosporin

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if left unTx neisseria m. patients have what mortality

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70-90%

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11
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What microbe produces pyocyanin

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pseudomonas

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type of microbe that pseudomonas is

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aerobic gram - rod
blue/green pigment
nosocomial pathogen

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what type of infections does pseudo cause

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HAP, CAP
otitis externa!! most common cause of this.
puncture wounds
endopthalmitis
endocarditis
UTI
skin infections, burns, ecthyma gangrenosum

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Tx pseudomonas

A

extended spectrum penicillin and aminoglycoside combination

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Chlamydophila psittaci is what type microbe

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gram - obligate intracell bacteria

macrophages are principle host

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Tx Chlamydophila psittaci

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tetracyclines, macrolides, FQs

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What is a very common infection in most adults and cause atypical pneumonia in children <5

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chlamydophila penumonia

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CXR and labs for chlamydophila pneumonia

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pneumonitis on CXR

labs actually have normal WBC

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Dx of chlamydophila pneumonia

A

serology

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coxiella burnetii is what type microbe

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gram - infects host monocytes

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21
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what does coxiella burnetii cuse

A

Q fever

sometimes endocarditis

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22
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major outbreaks of coxiella has been associated with what

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sheep and goats

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clinical manifestation Q fever

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60% seroconvert wihtout disease
38% self limited disease
prolonged fever, pneumonia, hepatitis, rash
meningitis, encephalitis, peripheral neuropathy
pericarditis, myocarditis

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24
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what is risk of coxiella during pregnancy

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chronic uterine infection leading to multiple spontaneous abortions

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25
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Dx coxiella burnetii

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based on serology

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26
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Tx coxiella burnetii

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doxy for 2 wks

doxy+hydroxychloroquine for 18-36 mo for endocarditis

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27
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how does hydroxychloroquine work?

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increases pH in phagosomes

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francisella tularensis is what type microbe

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zoonotic
small aerobic pleomorphic gram - bacillus
rabbits squirrels and muskrats

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clinical manifestation tularemia

A
ulcerglandular
glandular
oculoglandula
typhoidal
oropharyngeal
pneumonic- most serious
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Sx ulceroglandulat tularemia

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fever
ulcer formation
sore throact
patchy infiltrates on CXR

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glandular tularemia

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fever, constitutional and lymphadenopathy

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oralpharyngeal tularemia

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oral mcous membranes of mouth
inadequately cooked game meat
pharyngeal ulcers

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pneumonic tularemia

A

most serious
inhalation exposure
fever, dry cough, substernal chest discomfort, eribronchial infiltrates and bronchopneumonia
hilar adenopathy

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Dx tularemia

A

serologic

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35
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typhoidal tularemia

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fever only

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36
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Tx tularemia

A

genta or streptomycin
cipro
doxy

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type microbe bacillus anthracis

A

spore forming gram + non motile rod that is aerobic or faculatively anaerobic
catalase +, hemolysis -
sheep agar!

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clnical manifestation bacillus anthracis

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mediastinal adenopathy
mediastinal widening**
pleural effusion
rapidly fatal if not Tx with multiple antibiotics and pleural drainage

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39
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Dx bacillus anthracis

A

blood cultures

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40
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tx bacillus anthracis

A

multi drug regimen

pleural drainage

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41
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what type of microbe is yersinia pestis

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gram - coccobacillus, microaerophilic, nonmotile, and non spore forming
prairie dogs

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clinical manifestations yersinia pestis (bubonic plague)

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bubonic( nodules), septicemia, penumonic

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septicemia from yersinia present how

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nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
DIC
hypotension, renal failure and obtundation
ARDS

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pneumonic plague of yersinia presents how

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highly fatal, die in 24 hrs

respiratory distress, hemoptysis

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45
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Tx plague

A

strepto- pneumonic
tetracyclin- bubonic
chlorphenicol- speticemia

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46
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What type microbe is leptospirosis

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spirochete with terminal hook

use dark filed microscopy

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47
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where in hosts does leptospirosis live

A

renal tubules

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48
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early clinical phase leptospirosis

A
fever, myalgias, HA
nasuea vomiting ab pain, diarrhea
cough
muscle tenderness
conjunctival redness
49
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late clinical phase leptospirosos

A

thrombocytopenia
jaundice
weils disease
GI bleed

50
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Dx and tx lepto

A

Dx: agglutination test
Tx: doxy or penicillin

51
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H influenza is what type microbe

A

encapsulated gram - pleomorphic rod
aerobic or faculative
grows on chocolate agar
Factor X (hemin) and Factor V (NAD)

52
Q

common cause of meningitis in young children

A

H influenza type b

53
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clincal manifestations H influenza

A

meningitis
epiglottitis- children <5. high fever drooling, dysphagia, resp distress with stridor
rapid course

54
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Dx test for H influenza epiglottitis

A

lateral neck film

thumb sign

55
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pneumonia signs from H influenza

A

fever cough, lobar consolidation

56
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Tx H influenza

A

3rd generation cephalosporins- meningitis

57
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what is prophylactic Tx for unvaccinated person in contact with infected person with H influenze type b

A

rifampin

58
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corynebacterium diptheria is what type microbe

A

gram + bacillus, club shaped
non spore forming
aerobic

59
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signs resp diphteriae

A
sore throat, malaise
thick tonsillar exudate, very sticky
exudate changes into grayish membrane
"bull neck" from cervical adenopathy
stridor
myocarditis, recurrent laryngeal nerve damage
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Tx diphteriae

A

erythromycin

antitoxin

61
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type microbe legionella pneumophila

A

wekaly gram - pleomorphic rod that is facultative intracellular
requires charcoal yeast extract!!

62
Q

legionella is commonly found where

A

water type reservoirs like air conditioner units

63
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risk factors legionella

A

smokers with high alcohol intake, immunosuppression

64
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signs legionaires disease

A

mental confusion
myalgias, severe HA!!! and diarrhea!!!!
fevers, malaise, cough, chilld, dyspnea, myalgias!!!! HA chest pain and diarrhea
low pulse for how high fever is

65
Q

what is pontiac fever?

caused by?

A

fever, sore throat myalgia, HA and extreme fatigue
short duration lasting on average 3 days
caused by legionella

66
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Dx legionella

A

Ag urine test

DFA (direct fluorescent antibody)

67
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Tx legniella

A

FQ, or zpak or erythromycin + rifampin for immunocompromised

68
Q

type of microbe mycoplasma pneumonia

A

smalles
no cell wall
sterol containing membrane
need cholesterol in media

69
Q

highest incidence of infection caused by mycoplasma pneumonia

A

5-20 yrs

military or dorms (like meningitis)

70
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resp infection from mycoplasma

A
2-3 week incubation
fever malaise, HA cough
walking pneumonia
cough is non-productive
some progress to tracheobronchitis
bullous myringitis
71
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Dx and Tx mycoplasma atypical pneumonia

A

clinical Dx, positive cold agglutinins!!! (65%)
Tx: macrolides: erythromycin, zpak and clarithromycin
tetraclyines

72
Q

what type microbe is strep pneumonia

A

gram + diplococci, lancet shapet
faculative anaerobe, grows on blood agar
alpha hemolytic, optochin sensitive
lysed by bile

73
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risk factors for strep pneumonia

A

influenzae infection, COPD, CHF, alcoholism, asplenia

74
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clinical manifestations pneumonia from strep

A

shaking chills, high fever, rigors, lobar consolidation, bloody tinged sputum (rusty)!!!

75
Q

most common cause otitis media and sinusitis in children

A

strep pneumonia

76
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Tx strep pneumonia

A

beta lactams, macrolids or FQ

77
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Tx meningitis from strep pneumonia

A

3rd generation cephalosporings, vanco if penicillin R

78
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What type of microbe is staph aureus

A
gram + clustered cocci
catalse, coagulae +
beta hemolytic
small yellow colonies on blood agar
ferments mannitol
79
Q

what are the 3 toxin mediated diseases from staph aureus

A

staph food poisoning
staph TSS
staph scalded skin syndrome

80
Q

clinical manifestations staph

A
impetigo, folliculitis, furuncle, abscess
bacteremia, endocarditis
pericarditis
osteomyelitis
septic arthritis
pneumonia
81
Q

salmon colored sputum

A

staph aureus

82
Q

signs of endocarditis

A

roth spots, oslers nodes, janeway lesions and petichiae

83
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TSS from staph

A

secondary to TSST-1 super Ag

involvement of 3+ organ systems, desquamation of palms and soles

84
Q

what toxins are involved in scalded skin syndrome

A

exotoxin A and B

85
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Tx for Staph aureus

A

nafcillin/oxacillin

MRSA- vanco

86
Q

pneumocystis jirovecii microbe

A

fungus
obligate extracell parasite
silver stain
opportunistic infection HIV patients CD4 count <200

87
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pneumonia presentation from pneumocystic jirovecii

A

fever, nonproductive cough, SOB
CXR pathcy infiltrate with ground glass appearance, lower lobes and periphery
silver staining

88
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Tx pneumocystis jiroveci

A

sulfamethaxole/trimethoprim or dapsone

89
Q

Histoplasma capsulatum is what type microbe

A

dimorphic fungus in central US
faculative intracell parasite
soil, caves and abandoned buildings
Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys

90
Q

acute pulmonary histoplasma

A

asymptomatic

sometimes fevers, chills, anterioe chest pain myalgias

91
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chronic histoplasma infection

A

progressive often fatal

especially elderly and COPD patients

92
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CXR histoplasma

A

pathcy lobar or multilobar infiltrate
chronic with upper lobe infiltrates and multiple cavities, fibrosis of lower lobes
mimics TB

93
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Tx histoplasma capsulatum

A

antifungals

though if not severe, don’t always require Tx

94
Q

type of microbe blastomyces dermatitidis

A

thermally dimorphic fungus
broa based! budding yeast!!
inhalation

95
Q

acute pulmonary blastomyces

A

asymptomatic or CAP like
fever, malaise, nonproductive cough
CXR lobar and nodular infiltrates

96
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chronic pulmonary blastomyces

A

cavitary lesions and fibrosis

97
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Tx blastomyces

A

all patients Tx
itraconazole in mild
amphotericin B in severe

98
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Coccidiodes immitis is what type microbe

A

dimorphic fungi
southwest deserts
spherules that undergo septation into endospores

99
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clinical manifestations coccidiodes

A

asymptomatic usually
if more severe:
Sx 5-21 days post exposure
fever, weight loss, dry cough, pleuritic chest pain, arthralgias, erythema nodosum
CXR show pulm infiltrates with hilar adenopathy
cavitary pulmonary nodules

100
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What patients are at risk for disseminated infection cocciocdes

A

HIV, AIDS
3rd trimester pregnangy
skin, joints and bones

101
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Tx coccidiodes

A

amphotericin B and itraconazole

102
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Strongyloides stercoli is endemic where

A

warm climates worldwide

103
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trasmission stronglyoides

A

skin penetration of larvae rupture in alveoli then ascend and swallowed in GI tract and lay eggs which hatch in small intestine, larvae passed in feces

104
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pulmonary manifestations stronglyoides

A

can be severe in immunocompromised

resembles ARDS with acure onset dyspnea, hemoptysis accompanied by fever

105
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Tx stronglyoides

A

ivermectin

106
Q

aspergillosis microbe

A

spore like conidia that is aerosolized

isolated in basements, crawl spaces, ventilation ducts, potted plants

107
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invasive aspergillosis

A

immunocompromised
fever, pulm infiltrates
nodules
wedge shaped densities resembling infarcts
sinusitis
CNS abscesses, MI, GI, renal, osteomyelitis

108
Q

Dx invasive aspergillosis

A

BAL, needle aspiration, thoracoscopic biopsy or open lung biopsy

109
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Tx invasive aspergillois

A

antifungals like voriconazole or liposomal amphotericin B
reversal immunosuppression
surgical resection infected lesions

110
Q

chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

A

aspergilloma
ball in cavity
debris form in cavity

111
Q

Tx chronic pulmonary aspergilloma

A

limited benefit

sometimes antifungals

112
Q

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

A

chronic asthma or CF patients
airway obstruction, eos!!, + sputum cultures, mucus plugs iwth hyphae, brown flecks in sputum
elevated IgE
upper lobe contraction, central bronchiectasis

113
Q

Tx allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

A

corticosteroids and itraconazole

114
Q

cryptococcosis neoformans occurs in what patients?

what type of microbe is it?

A

immunosuppressed- HIV CD4<50
meningitis is comon presentation
capsulated yeast

115
Q

Pulmonary involvement cryptococcus?
risk factors?
Tx?

A

fever, cough ,dyspnea
risk factors: COPD, corticosteroid use and solid organ transplant
Tx: antifungals

116
Q

Dx cryptococcus

A

yeast in CSF, blood, sputum, skin lesions or other body fluids
India Ink stain!!!! visualization of budding yeast with large capsuel
latex agglutination for crytpococcal polysaccharide Ag!!!

117
Q

Tx CNS cryptococcosis

A

amphtericin B and flucytosine for 6 wks

AIDS: both for 2 weeks then fluconazole for 8 weeks and suppressive therapy after

118
Q

HACEK organisms that are common causes endocarditis

A
Haemophilus spp
Actinobacillus
Cardiobacterium hominis
Eikenella corrodens
Kingella spp