BRANT: Chapter 14: Pulmonary Infection Flashcards
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Most common radiographic pattern of pneumonia
a. Lobar consolidation with air bronchograms
b. “Patchwork quilt” appearance with no air bronchograms
c. Irregular linear and nodular densities +/- segmental/subsegmental atelectasis
d. Patchy and bilateral opacities, predominantly involving the lung bases
b. “Patchwork quilt” appearance with no air bronchograms
Which of the following are correctly paired in terms of radiographic pattern of pneumonia and its most likely etiologic agent?
a. Lobar pneumonia: Streptococcus pneumoniae
b. Lobular/bronchopneumonia: Straphylococcal pneumoniae
c. Atypical pneumonia: Viral or mycoplasma pneumoniae
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
Which etiologic agent would most likely result to a radiographic pattern of pneumonia which primarily involves inflammatory thickening of the bronchiolar and alveolar walls and the pulmonary interstitium?
a. Streptococcus pnuemoniae
b. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
c. Viral pneumonia
d. B and C only
d. B and C only
Which etiologic agent would most likely trigger an immune response where exudates begin to collect in the distal airspaces resulting to nonsegmental consolidation
a. Streptococcus pneumoniae
b. Staphyloccus pneumoniae
c. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
d. All of the above
a. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Most commonly isolated bacteria in patients with pneumonia who require hospitalization:
a. Streptococcus pneumoniae
b. Staphyloccus pneumoniae
c. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
d. All of the above
a. Streptococcus pneumoniae
Patients with endocarditis can develop a staphylococcal pneumonia via mechanism of spread of disease?
a. Tracheobronchial spread
b. Hematogeneous spread
c. Direct spread
d. All of the above
b. Hematogeneous spread
The following are common findings in patients with staphylococcal pneumonia, except:
a. Bronchopneumonia pattern
b. Pneumatocele
c. Pleural effusion
d. Cavitation
d. Cavitation
Usually seen in patients with staphylococcal pneumonia from hematogeneous spread of disease
