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Symptoms of atypical pneumonia

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Non-productive cough, fever, maculopapular rash, bilateral crackles

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Chest Xray result for atypical pneumonia

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Bilateral fluffy infiltrates. Less “solid” and distinct. More in bronchi and bronchioles

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Result of sputum for atypical pneumonia

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Neutrophils but no organisms

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Most likely causes of atypical pneumonia?

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Mycoplasma pneumonia (Xray looks worse than patient)

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae description

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Small, no cell wall (no gram stain!), Virulence factors: has sterols like human cells (evades), P1 (binds epithelial cells), H2O2.

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae pathogenesis

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From droplets. Actually line up on bronchi and bronchioles, but not alveoli. H2O2 damages cilia and they die and slough off. Some ABs cross react and cause hemolysis or RBC agglutination at cold Temp

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Extra-pulmonary symptoms of M pneumoniae

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Rash, Cardiac abnormalities, Aseptic meningitis or encephalitis, Polyarthralgias

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How to confirm Mycoplasm?

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Hard, takes time. PCR, culture, or serology - usually a few weeks. Acid fast stain? No, only for TB

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What other bacteria can cause atypical pneumonia?

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Chlamydia sp (also don’t show up well on gram stain) and Legionella