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Enterovirus D68 Features

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Transmission: respiratory and GI secretions
Underlying condition: asthma
ROS: mild to severe resp illness including pneumonia
Complication: linked to flaccid paralysis

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Moraxella catarrhalis Features

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G-ve diplococcus, strict aerobe
Oxidase: positive
Motility: non-motile
Penicilin resistant: produce B-lactamases
*mostly colonize URT in children but also in pt’s w/ COPD

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Haemophilus influenzae Features

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Pleomorphic, needs factors X (hemin) and V (NAD) for growth

  • encapsulated
  • IgA protease
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Chlamydophila pneumoniae Features

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Transmission: droplets

Clinical syndrome: atypical pneumonia and bronchitis

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Legionnaires Dz

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Water source, atypical pneumonia, CNS sx’s (confusion/HA), GI sx’s (N/V/D), hematuria

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Pneumocystis jirovecii Features

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CM component: cholesterol instead of ergosterol
CW: contains chitin and glutan
Risk: CD4 count < 200

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Klebsiella pneumoniae Features

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G-ve bacillus, non-motile
Oxidase negative -
Catalase positive +
Ferments lactose
Encapsulated
Facultative anaerobes
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Klebsiella pneumoniae Bronchopneumonia

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ROS: thick, bright red gelatinous sputum (“currant jelly” sputum), typical pneumonia w/ many abscesses
Risk: pt’s w/ chronic lung dz or alcoholism

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Histoplasmosis

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ROS: fever, cough, CP
Course: severity depends on infectious dose and pt’s health status, high intensity exposure will cause sx’s in most pt’s
Diagnosis: silver stain, thick blood smear w/ Giemsa stain

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Intubated pt is at risk for what?

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Typical HAP caused by Pseudomonas or Klebsiella

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Post-streptococcal Glomerulonephritis

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Type III Hypersensitivity, immune complexes of Abs against S. pyogenes serotypes M12 and M14 circulate w/ the ag and block small diameter blood vessels

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Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP)

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Organism: Pneumocystis jirovecii
ROS: atypical pneumonia w/ interstitial mononuclear infiltrates (predominantly plasma cells)
*most common serious opportunistic infection in HIV pt’s

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Corynebacterium Features

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G+ve rods, non-spore forming, aerobic

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Legionella pneumophila Features

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Facultative intracellular (in alveolar macrophages) causes atypical pneumonia
Transmission: aerosols from water sources
Diagnosis: urine ag test (for serogroup 1), silver stain, BYCE agar

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Chlamydophila psittaci Features

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Clinical syndrome: atypical pneumonia (Ornithosis)
Exposure: parrot/bird (feces)
-Obligate intracellular-
Infectious form: elementary bodies (EBs)
Noninfectious form: reticulate bodies (RBs)

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M-protein

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Destroys C3 convertase, thus no C3b is produced and pt cannot opsonize
*Strep pyogenes (GAS)

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Cryptococcus neoformans Pathogenesis

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Capsule: anti-phagocytic, provides the most virulence, down regulates immune response
- oxidizes catecholamines to prevent phagocytic oxidative damage

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Blastomyces dermatitidis Features

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Dimorphic (mold in the cold, yeast in the heat)
Tissue form: large yeast w/ broad-based buds and thick CW
Exposure: decaying organic matter (soil)
Geography: NC and SC

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Rhinovirus Features (common cold)

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4 viral capsid protein: VP1, VP2, VP3, VP4
Acid labile: yes (can’t survive in GIT)
Incubation: 48-72 hours
Transmission: 2h - 7d
Complication: can exacerbate COPD and asthma

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Respiratory Diphtheria

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ROS: sudden onset of educative pharyngitis, sore throat, fever, malaise
Course: thick pseudomembrane dev over pharynx, can cause resp obstruction
Complications: carditis and neuro sx’s (recurrent laryngeal n. palsy)

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Calcifying lesions in the lung?

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Fungi tend to cause dystrophic calcification in the lung because the indigestible complex carbohydrates that make up their CW

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Aspergillus infections

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Allergic aspergillosis: exacerbates asthma and CF
Invasive aspergillosis: risk is immunocompromise, can disseminate
Aspergilloma: formation of fungus ball in preexisting cavitations likely caused by TB or lung abscesses

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Strep Pneumoniae

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ROS: rusty sputum
Seasonality: winter/early spring
Pneumolysin: damage to epithelium by messing w/ membrane stability, it suppresses PMN chemotaxis and produces H2O2 to inhibit respiratory burst

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Influenza Virus Features

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Nucleocapsid: 8 segments of -ssRNA (8 for A and B; 7 for type C)
Subtypes: A is further classified by subtype on basis of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase
Hemagglutinin (H/HA): 18 types total
Neuraminidase (N/NA): 11 types total
Replication: in nucleus, virions bud from plasma membrane

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Bordatella Pertussis Diagnosis
Bordet-Gengou medium NO cotton swab, NO throat swab *acellular FhA and pertussis toxin in the DTaP vaccine
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Most common cause of CAP?
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Moraxella catarrhalis Diagnosis
Blood and chocolate agar (round, opaque colonies), hockey puck sign, colonies take pink color after 48 hours (To differentiate from Neisseria): DNase: positive Nitrate reduction: positive
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Aspergillis fumigatus Features
Monomorphic (bc opportunistic) - filamentous fungus w/ septate hyphae branching dicothotomously at acute angles Exposure: decaying matter, air, soil
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Chlamydophila psittaci Virulence
``` CW: no PG, has LPS with weak endotoxicity, major outer membrane protein (MOMP) is major virulence factor Elementary Bodies (EBs): attach to microvilli and penetrate into cell, the outer membrane of EBs inhibits fusion to the lysosomes Reticulate Bodies (RBs): divide to become smaller EBs again and then lyse the cell ```
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Moraxella catarrhalis Infections
Acute exacerbation of COPD in elderly, pneumonia, bacteremia, periorbital cellulitis, conjunctivitis
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Rhinovirus Pathogenesis (common cold)
Receptors: ICAM-1 and LDL-R Transmissible due to stability in environment (naked), grows at 33-35C so ideal for upper RT infection, af drift so high # of serotypes
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Moraxella catarrhalis Pathogenesis (otitis media)
Colonization of nasopharynx then migrates to middle ear through Eustachian tube, migration usually precipitated by viral URI
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Risk
CF pt's risk of dev pneumonia, burn pt's (blue green pus), neutropenic pt's
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Haemophilus influenza Culture and Dx
Coagulase: negative Catalase: positive Culture: requires chocolate agar w/ factor X (hemin) and factor V (NAD)
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Melioidosis Clinical Features
Incubation: about 9d ROS: pneumonia in adults, localized skin infection in children Diagnosis: Ashdown's agar (shows corn flower head morphology)
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Moraxella catarrhalis Pathogenesis Characteristics
Adherence to resp epithelium, intracellular invasion, complement resistance, biofilm formation, induction of inflammation, acts as co-pathogen
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae Virulence
P1 protein: used for tropism to attach to cilia and microvilli of bronchial epithelium causing stasis of cilia Community Acquired Respiratory Distress Syndrome (CARDS) Toxin: leads to cytotoxic effect and causes persistent cough Produces H2O2: causes tissue destruction and damage to RBC membranes
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Cryptococcus neoformans Features
Monomorphic (bc its opportunistic), encapsulated, urease +ve | Transmission: bird droppings (soil)
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Lysozyme
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Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)
- Beta hemolytic - Bacitracin sensitive - patechiae on palate
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Haemophilus influenza Pathogenesis
Pili, and non-pilus adhesions LPS: impairs ciliary function, endotoxin Capsule: antiphagocytic and composed of polyribose ribitol phosphate (PRP) IgA proteases: >30 different proteases identified
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Adenovirus Pathogenesis (common cold)
Receptor: CAR (coxackie adenovirus receptor) cell surface glycoproteins belonging to IgG superfamily Fiber protein: enables attachment to host cell Inclusion: basophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae Epidemiology
Vaccine: DTaP it is the D for diphtheria toxoid | <10 cases/yr in US
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IgA
Protective toward viral infections of upper respiratory tract
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Moraxella catarrhalis Pathogenesis (COPD exacerbation)
Altered mucociliary function, airway colonization and infection, triggered by acquisition of new strains
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Lactoferrin
Limits availability of iron for growth of bacteria
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Coronavirus Pathogenesis (common cold)
Envelope spikes (peplomer): bind to host cell Hemagglutinin: RBC agglutination *nucleoprotein, matrix glycoproteins
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae Pathogenesis
Virulence factor: diphtheriae exotoxin Non-invasive: does not enter into bloodstream Affect: local and systemic sx's, inflammation and formation of pseudomembrane, damage to organs
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SARS Features
ROS: h/o fever + 1 or > sx of LRTI (dyspnea, cough, etc) Diagnostics: Abs by ELISA, or viral DNA by RT-PCR Reservoir: bats Intermediate host: civet cats Incubation: 2-10d Peak shedding: 6-11d post start of illness
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Hemophilia influenzae Features
Most common cause of epiglottitis, can cause otitis media, pneumonia and meningitis Pleomorphism, G-ve, coccobacillus, facultative anaerobe, normal component of upper RT flora
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Streptococcus Features
``` G+ve cocci, in pairs or chains, mostly facultative anaerobes, catalase negative Capsule: hyaluronic acid Hemolytic: seen on blood agar Lancefield grouping: 21 serologic groups M protein: 80 serotypes Dx: PCR, RFLP, DNA sequencing ```
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MERS Features
Animal Host: Arabian camels Evaluation: done 14 days after possible exposure ROS: fever w/ or w/o chills, cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis, sore throat, GI sx's, abnml CXR Comorbidities: DM, HTN, chronic cardiac or kidney dz Dx: rRT-PCR, serology
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Coronavirus Features (common cold)
Capsid: spike protein on envelope (important ag protein) Incubation: 2-5d Transmission: via respiratory droplets (3 hours) *MERS and SARS
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae Features
Does not Gram stain, has sterols in CM Transmission: droplets #1 cause of atypical pneumonia (CAP) <40yo Diagnosis: > or = to 4 fold increase or decrease in Ab titer, or IgM cold agglutinins *intrinsically resistant to B-lactams bc lack CW
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SARS Clinical Course
Prodrome: 3-7d, temp >38C, malaise, HA< myalgia, no URT sx's usually Respiratory phase: non-productive cough, dyspnea, resp failure CXR: pneumonia by 7-10d Labs: lymphopenia Dx: serology, RT-PCR
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Cocciioides immitis Features
Dimorphic Tissue form: large round double-walled "spherules" (20-150 microns) containing uninucleate endospores Geography: desert/dry areas so SW of US and NW Mexico - spherules: protect it from phagocytosis *most virulent of all human mycotic pathogens
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae Features
Gray-to-black colonies of dub shaped G+ve rods arranged in V or L shape Granules: aka volutin produced on Loeffler coat serum medium stain metachromatically
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Features
Most commonly causes Otitis Externa, strict/obligate aerobe, common cause of atypical pneumonia Pigment: blue green MDR
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Features
Transmission: rodent urine/droppings/saliva via airborne transmission most commonly Seasonality: fall/winter when it gets cold and mice come inside
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Flu Sx's in Adults
``` Rapid onset after 1-4 day incubation Sudden malaise and HA lasting few hrs Abrupt raise in fever, chills, myalgia, loss of appetite and nonproductive cough (can last 3-8 days) Recovery: complete in 7-10 days Contagious: end of day 1 for next 7 days ```
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Klebsiella pneumoniae Virulence
- Large capsule - Pili: type 3 strains have pili that mediate attachment for tropism and for biofilm formation - Endotoxins prevents phagocytosis and blocks C3b
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HPS Pathogenesis
Increase in capillary permeability that results from endothelial damage caused by host immune response to viral ag - widespead exudate caused by the permeability
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Influenza Nomenclature
Type/Host of origin/Geographic origin/Strain #/year of isolation/Subtype of HA and NA E.g. - A/Avian/Hong King/03/68 (H3N3)
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Adenovirus Features (common cold)
Capsid: naked icos w/ fiber VAP for tropism Acid labile: no (it can survive in GIT) Incubation: 4-8d Transmission: 7d-3mo Vaccine: approved only for military recruits ROS: URI, hemorrhagic cystitis, conjunctivitis
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Bordatella pertussis Virulence
Pili: filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) mediates attachment to ciliated epithelium Pertussis toxin: ADP-ribosylates Gi keeping high levels of intracellular cAMP will shut down chemokine receptors and pt will develop hypoglycemia due to increased insulin secretion
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Legionella pneumophila Virulence
Inhibits fusion of phagosome w/ lysosome, pore-forming toxin kills macrophages Exudate: alveoli filled w/ fibrin, PMNs, macrophages and RBCs *most damage caused by host immune response
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HPS Clinical Features
Prodromal (3-5d): nonspecific sx's fever, HA, V/D, myalgia Cardiopulmonary (24-48h): dyspnea, dry cough, pulmonary edema (pink frothy sputum) circulatory collapse Covalescent: significant dieresis, improvement/recovery Diagnosis: RT-PCR for viral RNA, ELISA for IgM and IgG Abs against Hantavitus
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Pontiac Fever
Organism: Legionella Patient: immunocompetent ROS: mild flu-like sx's *self-limiting (so it resolves after about 1 wk)
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Melioidosis
Aka Whitemore's Dz Organism: Burkholderia pseudomallei Geography: SE Asia and Australia - G-ve rod, motile, aerobic - Facultative intracellular, non spore forming Transmission: broken skin w/ exposure to soil and fresh water
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Hemophilia influenzae Epiglottitis
ROS: enlarged epiglottis shows the "thumb sign" on X-ray, aryepiglottic folds thickening
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IgA Protease carriers
``` NASH: Neisseria (IgA protease) Strep pneumo H. influenzae *the enzyme cleaves IgA at the hinge region ```
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H. Influenzae Clinical Syndromes
EMOP: - epiglottitis (thumb sign on X-ray) - meningitis - otitis media - pneumonia
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Histoplasmosis capsulatum biopsy finding
Yeasts packed inside alveolar macrophages
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Ornithosis Clinical Features
ROS: constitutional (fever, HA, chills, myalgia) nonproductive cough and consolidation *Look for prominent systemic involvement (CNS - encephalitis, GI - N/V/D, other - hepatosplenomegaly) Diagnosis: serology
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Coccidioidomycosis
ROS: self-limited flu-like illness, in immunocompromised can disseminate Seasonality: late summer, early fall
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C. neoformans Pneumonia
ROS: atypical pneumonia Diagnosis: India Ink stain, latex particle agglutination
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence
Huge capsule (slime layer) Exotoxins A: ADP-ribosylates eEF-2 target is the liver Elastase: destroys bv walls
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Hantavirus Features
RNA, lipid envelope w/ 2 major glycoproteins (for attachment) Sin Nombre Virus (SNV) - commonest cause of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Geography: west of MS river
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Blastomycosis
ROS: productive cough, CP, fever; also skin lesions on exposed skin Investigation: KOH
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Histoplasma capsulatum
Dimorphic, facultative intracellular Tissue form: yeasts w/ halos in phagocytes Environment form: septate hyphae w/ microconidia and tubercular macroconidia Geography: MS and OH river valleys Exposure: bat roost or chicken coops (soil w/ increased Nitrogen content)
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Ornithosis Course
Spreads to RES producing necrosis, seeded in lung through blood causing lymphocytic inflammation in alveoli ROS: edema, thickening of alveolar wall, infiltration of macrophages, necrosis and occasional hemorrhages
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Cutaneous Diphtheria
ROS: papule dev on skin and progresses to non-healing ulcer, systemic sx's can dev
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae Atypical Pneumonia
Most common form of atypical pneumonia in young adults

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