Resp Exam 3 Flashcards
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Pneumocystis jiroveci (Pneumocystis Pneumonia)
lab tests
PCP Ping Pong
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for diagnosis.
Will often not be visible on XRAY, but if it is, it will have a cracked glass appearance in both lungs.
Methamine silver stain to identify fungus. Looks like disc shaped yeasts.

Pneumocystis jiroveci (Pneumocystis Pneumonia)
predisposing factors
PCP Ping Pong
- Associated with AIDS CD4 < 200
- Premature infants
- Immunocompromised

Pneumocystis jiroveci (Pneumocystis Pneumonia)
signs and symptoms
PCP Ping Pong
- PCP is a diffuse interstitial pneumonia
- pneumonia-like symptoms
- NON-productive cough
(symptoms evident in immunocompromised vs. asymptomatic in healthy individuals.)

Pneumocystis jiroveci (Pneumocystis Pneumonia)
Treatment
PCP Ping Pong
- Prophylaxis begins when CD4 count is < 200:
Bactrim (TMP/SMX) (Trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole)
- If sulfa allergies:
Pentadamine

Antigenic Drift vs. Antigenic Shift
- Antigenic Drift
Point mutation in the viral genome → can lead to changes in molecules like hemagglutinin (HA) or neuraminidase (NA) → usually causes endemics (like seasonal flu)
- Antigenic Shift
Segments (like HA or NA) are shared to form a new species → can lead to epidemics and pandemics (like swine flu antigenic shifted from humans, avian, and swine influenzas)
Otrhomyxovirus (Influenza)
lab tests
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NEG** sense _S_S RNA**
Enveloped virus
8 Segments (B.O.A.R. mnemonic)

Otrhomyxovirus (Influenza)
3 main influenza viruses strains
*** Most common cause of the flu!!! ***
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Strains A,B, and C
- Influenza A causes epidemics and pandemics (Antigenic shift, and drift)
- Influenza B causes endemics (Antigenic drift)

Otrhomyxovirus (Influenza)
Source
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Spread by respiratory droplets
Main flu season in U.S. is from DEC → FEB

Otrhomyxovirus (Influenza)
VF
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- Hemagglutinin (HA) antigens (H1, H2, H3… H18) define cell tropism (cells that can be affected)
Humans can make anti-HA antibodies to protect from the same strain in the future.
- Neuraminidase (NA) cleaves the sialic acid inside the host cell allowing the virus to break free.

Otrhomyxovirus (Influenza)
signs and symptoms
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- Myalgia, fever, and non-productive cough for about 7 days
- After it gets a little better can get pneumonia (common complication of influenza).
- Pneumonia usually from Staph aureus, but can be from others and includes symptoms of pneumonia, fever, and productive cough.

Otrhomyxovirus (Influenza)
Vaccines
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Get vaccine in October so have time to build an immune response before flu season (DEC → FEB)
1) Killed virus (IM)
- 2 forms of killed vaccine. Trivalent (2A + 1B) and quadravalent (2A + 2B)
- Children can get this vaccine after 6 months
2) Live vaccine (nasal spray)

Otrhomyxovirus (Influenza)
MOA
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- Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) is a glycoprotein found on the surface of influenza virus.
- HA binds to sialic acid on the cell membranes in the hosts URT and RBC’s.
- Virus is endocytosed into the cell after binding
- low pH activates the Matrix-2 (M2) protein channel to bring protons into the virion core
- pH change allows HA to faciliate fusion of the viral envelope with the hosts endosome membrane
- Virus uncoats, releasing the viruscontents, including its RNA genome, into the cell’s cytoplasm

Otrhomyxovirus (Influenza)
Treatment
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1) M2 protein inhibitors (Amantadine, Rimantadine)
- Inhibits uncoating, but allows ↑ dopamine release in CNS
- Older drugs, high resistance, only works against Inf. A
2) NA inhibitors (TamV/Tamiflu AKA Oseltamivir/Anamivir)
* Block release of the virus

Otrhomyxovirus (Influenza)
Influenza associated syndromes
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- Pneumonia: (common complication) usually from Staph aureus, but can be from others and includes symptoms of pneumonia, fever, and productive cough.
- Reyes syndrome: Aspirin tx can cause encephalitis and hepatomegaly, liver failure, fever, rash, and vomiting by uncoupling (OX PHOS) mitochondrial proton gradient on ETC in the hepatic cell mitochondria.
- Guillen Barre syndrome: ascending paralysis with high protein in CSF and low WBS (albuminocytologic dissociation, an increase in the protein concentration of cerebrospinal fluid without an accompanying increase in the number of cells )

Strep pneumonia
lab tests
The alpha knight tournament
gram (+) cocci
catalase (-)
α hemolytic (surrounding zone is a green hue)
Optochin Sensitive
Lancet** shaped _diplo_cocci**
Bile soluble (does not grow in bile)
Polysaccharide Capsule (Major VF!)

Strep pneumonia
signs and symptoms
1 cause of MOPS
The alpha knight tournament
Rust collored sputum
lobar pneumonia
(Meningitides, Otitis Media, Pneumonia, Sinusitis)

Strep pneumonia
VF
The alpha knight tournament

Polysaccharide Capsule
Strep pneumonia
MOA
The alpha knight tournament
Protease that cleaves IgA
Allows invasion of mucosa reducing host defenses
Removal of spleen leads to susceptibilty of infection by encapsulated organisms like in sickle cell anemia.

Strep pneumonia
Treatment
The alpha knight tournament
Azithromycin Macrolides
Ceftriaxone

Strep pneumonia
Vaccines
The alpha knight tournament
Adult:
23 valiant polysaccharide
(T-cell independent response creates IgM)
Children:
7 valent conjugated to a protein
(more robust, leads to production of IgG in children)

Haemophilus influenza
lab tests
Phyllis’s Chocolate Covered Cherries
gram (-) Coccobacillary shape
grown in chocolate agar due to need for factor 5 (NAD, nicotinamide) and factor 10 (hemodin) *“hemoTEN”

Haemophilus influenza
signs and symptoms
Phyllis’s Chocolate Covered Cherries
epiglottitis: symptoms drooling, inflamed epiglottis, strider (inspiratory strider, high pitched wheezing)
*“Cherry red epiglottis”
Otitis Media
Meningitides (Only caused by type B capsular form!)
Sepsis and Septic arthritis in pt without spleen, hemophilic infections, especially sickle cell disease

Haemophilus influenza
Treatment
Phyllis’s Chocolate Covered Cherries
Ceftriaxone
tx for close contacts is rifampin

Haemophilus influenza
Vaccines
Phyllis’s Chocolate Covered Cherries
Conjugated with diphtheria toxoid and haemophilus type B capsule.
(Vaccine for only the B type capsule of H. influenza, vs neisseria vaccine for all but B type!!!)
Vaccinate between 6 weeks to 18 months































































































