Respiratory Tract Infections

Question 1

Hepatits, travel, air conditioning, water towers

HYPONATRAEMIA and lymphopenia

Answer 1

Legionella Pneumophilia

Question 2

Legionella Pneumophilia

Answer 2

Hepatits, travel, air conditioning, water towers

HYPONATRAEMIA and lymphopenia

Question 3

30-50% CAP

Answer 3

S pneumoniae

Question 4

Rusty coloured sputum, usually lobar consolidation

Answer 4

S pneumoniae

Question 5

S pneumoniae

Answer 5

Rusty coloured sputum, usually lobar consolidation

G+ve diplococci

Question 6

Shape and stain: S pneumoniae

Answer 6

G+ve diplococci

Question 7

Stain and shape: H influenzae

Answer 7

G-ve coccobacilli

Question 8

Stain and shape: M. Catarrhalis

Answer 8

G-ve coccus

Question 9

Stain and shape: S. Aureus

Answer 9

G+ve cocci (grape bunch clusters)

Question 10

Stain and shape: Klebsiella Pneumoniae

Answer 10

G-ve rod

Question 11

Associated with COPD/preexisting lung disease and SMOKING

Answer 11

H. influenzae

Question 12

H. influenzae associations

Answer 12

Associated with COPD/preexisting lung disease and SMOKING

Question 13

Associated with recent viral infection (e.g. post influenza)

+- cavitation on CXR

Answer 13

S. Aureus

Question 14

S. Aureus associations

Answer 14

Associated with recent viral infection (e.g. post influenza)

+- cavitation on CXR

Question 15

Klebsiella associations

Answer 15

alcoholism, elderly, haemoptysis

Question 16

alcoholism, elderly, haemoptysis

Answer 16

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Question 17

Common system symptoms, joint pain, cold agglutin test, erythema multiforme

Answer 17

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 18

Mycoplasma pneumoniae symptoms

Answer 18

Common system symptoms, joint pain, cold agglutin test, erythema multiforme

Question 19

BIRDS

Answer 19

Chlamydia Psittaci

Question 20

Whooping cough in unvaccinated

Answer 20

Bordella Pertussis

Question 21

Bordella Pertussis presentation

Answer 21

Whooping cough in unvaccinated

Question 22

Farm animals, hepatits

Answer 22

Coxiella Burnetii (Q fever)

Question 23

Coxiella Burnetii (Q fever) associations

Answer 23

Farm animals

Question 24

Treatment for Aspergillus?

Answer 24

Amphotericin B

Question 25

CURB65 components?

Answer 25

``` Confusion Urea >7 RR >30 BP (SBP <90, DBP <60) Age >65 ``` 2-5 severe

Question 26

Time frame to diagnose Bronchitis

Answer 26

symptoms most days for 3 months for over 2 consecutive years

Question 27

Immunosupression and Resp tract infections | - Neutropaenia

Answer 27

Fungi e.g. Aspergillus spp

Question 28

Immunosupression and Resp tract infections | - Splenectomy

Answer 28

Encapsulated organisms (H. influenzae, S. Pneumoniae, N. Menigitidis)

Question 29

Immunosupression and Resp tract infections | - Bone Marrow tx

Answer 29

CMV, Aspergillosis

Question 30

Immunosupression and Resp tract infections | - HIV

Answer 30

P. jiroveci, TB, cryptococcus neoformans

Question 31

Three antibiotics leading to psudomembranous colitis

Answer 31

Cephalosporins, Ciprofloxacin, Clindamycin