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how do you calculate DALY?

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sum of years of life lost (YLL) and years lost to disability (YLD)

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what are the signs of an upper respiratory tract infection?

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cough

sneezing

runny or stuffy nose

sore throat

headache

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what are the signs of a lower respiratory tract infection

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productive cough-phlegm

muscle aches

wheezing

breathlessness

fever

fatigue

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what are the signs of pneumonia?

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chest pain

blue tinting of the lips

severe fatigue

high fever

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what are the bacterial causative agents of respiratory infections?

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  • Streptococcus pneumoniae-most common
  • Myxoplasma pneumoniae
  • Haemophilus Influenzae
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis- highest annual mortality
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what are the viral causative agents of respiratory infections?

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  • Influenza A or B virus
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  • Human metapneumovirus
  • Human rhinovirus- most commonly identified pathogen in individual with respiratory illness
  • Coronavirus
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what are the demographic and lifestyle factors increasing risk for pneumonia?

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age <2 or >65 years

cigarette smoking

excess alcohol consumption

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what are the social factors for increased risk pneumonia?

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contact with children <5

poverty

overcrouding

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what are the medications that increase the risk of pneumonia?

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inhaled corticosteroids

immunosuppressants

PPIs

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what medical history can increase risk for pneumonia?

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COPD, asthma

heart disease

liver disease

diabetes mellitus

HIV, malignancy, hyposplenism

complement or Ig deficiencies

risk factors for aspiration

previous pneumonia

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what specific risk factors can increase risk for certain pathogens?

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geographical variations

animal contact

healthcare contacts

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by what overall groups can bacterial infections be acquired?

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community-acquired pneumonia

hospital-acquired pneumonia

ventilator acquired pneumonia

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what are the features of a common/ typical bacteria?

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gram +ve

extracellular

opportunistic

(easier to culture and identify)

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what are some examples of typical bacteria?

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streptococcus pneumoniae

Haemophilus influenzae

Moraxella catarrhalis

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what are the features of atypical bacteria?

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slower growing

intracellular or extracellular

gram +ve or gram -ve

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what are some examples of CAP?

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  • Streptococcus pneumoniae (40-50%)
  • Myxoplasma pneumoniae
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Chlamydia pneumoniae
  • Haemophilus Influenzae
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what are some examples of hospital acquired pneumonia?

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  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Psuedomonas aeruginosa
  • Klebsiella species
  • E. Coli
  • Acinetobacter spp.
  • Enterobacter spp.
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why is HAP harder to treat?

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usually more drug resistance so require higher number of antibiotics

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what are some examples of VAP?

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  • Psuedomonas aeruginosa (25%)
  • Staphylococcus aureus(20%)
  • Enterobacter
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what are some examples of atypical bacteria?

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myxoplasma pneumonia

chlamydia pneumonia

legionella pneumophilia

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what is the mechanisms of actions of acute bacterial pneumonia?

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what are the overall treatments for bacterial pneumonia?

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  1. supportive treatment
  2. antibiotics
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what supportive treatment is given in bacterial pneumonia?

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  1. Oxygen (hypoxia)
  2. Fluids (dehydration)
  3. Analgesia (pain)
  4. Nebulised saline (may help expectoration)
  5. Chest physiotherapy?
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what antibiotics are given in bacterial pneumonia?

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penicillins (amoxicillin)

macrolides (clarithromycin)

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how do penicillins work?
1. Beta-lactams that bind proteins in the bacterial cell wall to prevent transpeptidation 2. Only effective against gram +ve bacteria (usually typical bacteria)
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how do macrolides work?
Bind to bacterial ribosome to prevent protein synthesis
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what determines what drug is given for bacterial pneumonia?
CURB-65 score (score of severity of pneumonia) CAP or HAP
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what antibiotic is given in CAP/HAP?
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what is key to increasing the success of antibiotics?
* Time to administration (for every hour in septic shock- survival reduced by 7.9%) * Using an effective antibiotics- typical CAPS may respond to penicillin’s, atypical CAPs require macrolides
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how do sulphonamides work?
inhibit folate synthesis
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what is a microbiota?
ecological community of microbes found inside multi-cellular organism present in healthy individuals in oropharynx * Haemophilus influenza * Staph. Aureus * Strep. Pneumoniae – rarely caught In nose * Strep. Pneumoniae
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what is commensural bacteria?
microbes that live in a ‘symbiotic’ relationship with their host. Providing vital nutrients to the hose in the presence of a suitable ecological niche
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what is an oppourtunistic pathogen?
microbe that takes advantage of a change in condition (often immuno-suppression)
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what is a pathobiont?
a microbe that is normal commensal but if found in the wrong environment (e.g anatomical site) can cause disease
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what are the risk factors of mycobacterium tuberculosis?
HIV Alcohol smoking geographical and socioeconomic status
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how does TB cause disease?
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what is the treatment for mycobacterium tuberculosis?
* Latent is highly resistant to immune system * Standard treatment requires a combination of 4 antibiotics for a 6-month period * Multidrug resistant TB (commonly rifampicin) increasing
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what antibiotics are used for mycobacterium tuberculosis and where do they act?
* isoniazad * ethambutol * pyrazinamide * rifampin
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can you have a commensal respiratory virus?
NO
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how are viral infections differentiated
by serotypes virus which cannot be recognised by serum (antibodies) that recognise another- implication for protective immunity distinguished by common antigens
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what is the most common viral infection?
rhinovirus
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what are the effects of viral infection on the body?
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what receptors does rhinovirus bind to?
ICAM-1 minor group low density lipoproteins
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what does H1N1 influenza A bind to?
haemogglutinin binds alpha2, 6 sialic acids largely in upper respiratory tract
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what does H5N1 avian flu bind to?
haemogglutinin binds alpa2, 3 sialic acids in lower respiratory tract
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what does respiratory syncytial virus bind to?
F and G proteins bind glycosaminoglycans in receptors like IGFR1 and nucleolin throughout all respiratory tract
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what does SARS-CoV-2 bind to?
Spike (S) protein binds ACE2 largely in nasal epithelium and type 2 pneumocytes in lungs
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why are smokers more affected by SARS-CoV-2?
increased expression of S protein in nasal epithelium and type 2 pneumocytes
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what are the factors of influenza?
no-reinfection by same strain imperfect vaccines
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what are imperfect vaccines in influenza?
vaccine-induced immunity rapidly wanes mainly homotypic immunity annual vaccination required
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can RSV-2 serotypes (A and B) cause re-infection?
yes recurrent re-infection with similar strains
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what is the vaccine status for RSV-2?
no vaccine poor immunogenicity vaccine-enhanced disease
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what disease can RSV cause in infants?
bronchiolitis (leading cause of infant hospitalisation in developed world)
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what proportion of patients get RSV?
all children infected by age of 3 50% by age of 1
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what are the risk factors for bronchiolitis?
premature birth congenital heart and lung disease
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what are the signs and symptoms of bronchiolotis?
* Nasal flaring * Chest wall retraction * Hypoxaemia and cyanosis * Croupy cough * Expiratory wheezing, prolonged expiration, rales and rhonchi * Tachypnea with apenic episodes
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what is the risk of RSV in older generation?
also high risk in older individuals similar deaths to that of flu
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what is the age dependant trends of RSV?
* age dependence of RSV * young children * infantile bronchiolitis * causally related to wheeze * older siblings are spreaders * caring adults * repeated colds * transmitters * very rarely severe * old and infirm * major cause of progressive lung disease and winter deaths
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what viruses are similar to RSV at lower prevalence?
hMPV PIV
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what are the treatment options for RSV?
* support- oxygen * preventative and therapeutic- no vaccines * prophylactically- monoclonal antibodies and antivirals
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what is the difference between influenza and RSV?
* flu * has a greater viral load= faster replication * pre-selected for seronegative- levels require no previous infection * RSV * Antibodies diminish rapidly after infection so not pre-selected for seronegativity- previous infection NOT limiting (also seen in coronaviruses) * Slower viral load- slower replication
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what is the interplay between viral and bacterial infections?
coinfections and superinfections common * Virus may lay ground word and then death caused by a bacterial infection * There is also an interplay with chronic lung disease- higher viral bacterial load with lung diseases
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what factors can cause severe disease?
1. Highly pathogenic strains (zoonotic) 2. Absence of prior immunity 1. Innate immunodeficiency (gene variant IFITM3) 2. B cells (antibody-presumably local) 3. T cells (correlate with peripheral levels) 3. Predisposing illness/ conditions 1. Frail elderly 2. COPD/ asthma 3. Diabetes, obesity, pregnancy etc
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what is a zoonotic diesase?
disease passed from a non-human animal to human
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how do interferons (IFN) work in host defence?
* Directly produced by infected cells or immune cells * Named for ability to interfere with viral infection in vitro * Family of cytokines * Produce interferon stimulated genes that have the ability to directly inhibit viral replication * 3 groups * Type 1 (IFN alpha/ IFN betas) * Type 2 (IFN-gamma) * Type 3 (IFN- lambda)
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what is long term immunity provided by?
B-cells
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why did the H1N1 pandemic affect the young generation?
pre-existing immunity limited disease in over 60s
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what is the first immune cell recruited in host defence?
neutrophile
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what immune response is generated in prolonged pneumonia?
adaptive immune response macrophage, T cell, monocyte
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