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Virus causing bronchiolitis in children

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Respiratory syncytial virus

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Virus causing the common cold

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Rhinovirus

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Virus causing croup

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Parainfluenza

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Virus causing flu

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Influenze

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Most commoncause of CAP

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Cause of CAP
Causes exacerbation of bronchiectasis
Causes acute epiglottitis

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Haemophilus influenza

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Pneumonia following influenza

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Staphlococcus aureus

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Cause of Atypical pneumonia
Flu like symptoms before a dry cough
Cx: haemolytic anaemia, erythema multiforme

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Atypical pneumoniae

Dry cough, lymphopenia, hyponatraemia, derranged LFTs

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Legionella pneumophilia

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Pneumonia in HIV patients

Few chest signs, exertional dyspnoea

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Pneumocystis jjiroveci

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Cause of TB
Wide range of presentations from disseminated to asx
Likely to have B symptoms: weight loss, night sweats

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Tuberculosis

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Tumour lysis syndrome

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Occurs in response to chemotherapy- esp for burkitts lymphoma.
Causes release of potassium, phosphate and uric acid.

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Virus associated with burkitts lymphoma

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Ebv (hhv 4)