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What are the top 6 killers - infections responsible for the greatest number of deaths in the world?

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  1. Acute respiratory tract infections
  2. HIV/AIDS
  3. Diarrheal diseases
  4. TB (chronic infection)
  5. malaria
  6. measles
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What are common bacteria in the normal microbiota of the respiratory tract?

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  • Bacteroides spp.
  • Candida albicans (causes thrush)
  • Oral Streptococci
  • Haemophilus influenzae (causes menigitis)
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What are occasional organisms found in the normal microbiota of the respiratory tract of people?

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  • Streptococcus pyogenes
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Neisseria meningitidis
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What organisms are found in latent state in tissues?

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  • Herpes simplex virus type I (HSV)
  • Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) - glandular fever
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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What are the host defence mechanisms of the respiratory tract?

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  • saliva
  • mucus
  • cilia (goblet cells)
  • nasal secretions
  • antimicrobiral peptides - defensins, lysozyme
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What group of people experience the most cases of whopping cough?

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90% of cases are children <5

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What is the method of transmission of whopping cough?

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air-born droplets

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What is the incubation period of whopping cough?

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1-3 weeks

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What are the clinical features of whopping cough?

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  • Catarrhal stage (week 1)
    • highly contagious
    • malaose (feeling unwell)
    • Mucoid rhinorrhoea (nasal cavity filled with mucus)
    • Conjunctivitis
  • Paroxysmal stage (1-4 weeks)
    • coughing eith classive inspiratory ‘whoop’
    • Lumen of respiratory tract is compromised by mucus secretion and mucosal oedema
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How is whopping cough diagnosed?

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  • Clinically characterised by ‘whoop’
  • Bacterial isolation from nasopharyngeal swabs
  • NAAT (nucleic acid amplification technique)
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What is the treatment of whopping cough?

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  • Catarrhal stage = erythromycin
  • paroxysmal stage = antibiotics have no effect
  • isolation
  • supportive care (hospitalisation for infants)
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What is the prevention treatment of whopping cough?

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vaccination

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What is the causative pathogen of whopping cough? And what type of bacteria is this?

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Bordetella pertussis

gram negtaive aerobic coccobacillus

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What does Bordetella pertussis target and what are its toxic factors?

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  • attached to and replicates in the ciliated respiratory epithelium - filamentous haemagglutinin (FHA)
  • Toxic factors:
    • Pertussis toxin (Ptx) - similar to diptheria
    • Adenylate cyclase toxin - affects neutrophil function (Increases cAMP)
    • Tracheal cytotoxin
    • Endotoxin
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What is acute bronchitis?

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inflammation of the tracheobronchial tree

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What is acute bronchitis usually caused by?

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  • rhinovirus
  • coronavirus
  • adenovirus
  • mycoplasma pneumoniae
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What secondary infections can cause acute bronchitis?

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  • streptococcis pnemoniae
  • haemophilus influenzae

**Causes more problems (bacterial and viral together)

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What is chronic bronchitis characterised by?

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cough and excessive mucus sewcretion in tracheobronchial tree

Not attributable to a specific disease

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What are the anatomical disturbances to the respiratory system that cause acute bronchitis?

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  • Immune deficit: SCID
  • Ciliary deficit: Kartegener Syndrome, smoking
  • Excessively thick mucus: cystic fibrosis
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What are the main features of bronchiolitis?

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  • restricted to children <2 years old
  • bronchioles have such a fine bore
  • Infection may lead to epithelial cell necrosis
  • Mainly caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
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What is pneumonia?

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inflammation of the substance of the lungs

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How is pneumonia confirmed?

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on a chest radiograph

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How does pneumonia get into the lung?

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acess to lower respiratory tract by inhalatiom of aerosolised microbes or by aspiration of normal flora of the upper respiratory tract

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What is an important determinant of the type of pneumonia?

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AGE

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Describe pneumonia in children?
* Mainly viral * Neonates may develop pneumonia caused by streptococcus B, E.coli, Chlamydia trachomatis (aquired from mother during birth)
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Describe pneumonia in adults
* mainly bacterial * aetiology varies with age, underlying disease, occupation and geohraphical risk factors
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Aetiological causes of viral pneumonia
* Influenza virus * Measles * Coronavirus * Parainfluenza virus * Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) * Cytomegalovirus (CMV) * Adenovirus
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Aetiological causes of bacterial pneumonia
* Streptococcus pneumoniae * Mycobacterium tuberculosis * Haemophilus influenzae * Pseudomonas aeruginosa * Staphylococcus aureus
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What is atypical pneumonia and what is it caused by?
* Failure to respond to treatment with penicillin * Mycoplasma pneumoniae * Legionella pneumophilia * Chlamydia psittaci * Chlamydia pneumoniae * Coxiella burnetii
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What are the anatomical classifications of pneumonia?
* Lobar pneumonia - distinct region of lung e.g. lobe * Bronchopneumonia * Diffuse, patchy consolidation * Assocaited with bronchi and bronchioles * Intersitital pneumonia * invasion of lung interstitum * Usually characteristic of viral infection * Necrotising pneumonia * lung abscesses and destruction of parenchyma
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What are the initial clinical features of Streptococcus pneumoniae?
* abrupt onset * rigors * fever * malaise * tachycardia * dry cough
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What are the initital clinical features of Streptococcus pneumoniae followed by?
* productive cough and rusty sputum * spiky temperature * lobular consolidation
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What are the clinical features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae
* fever * dry cough * dyspnoea * lymphadenopathy
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What are the clinical features of Haemophilus influenzae
* mainly occurs in children * consolidation or patchy bronchopneumonia * persistent purulent sputum and malaise
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What is legionella pneumophila caused by?
legionnaire's disease
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What is legionella pneumophila?
severe systemic infection with pneumonia
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What are the clinical features of legionella pneumophila?
* tachypnoea * purulent sputum * chest x-ray shows consolidation
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What is legionella pneumophila?
gram negative bacillus
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How is legionella pneumophila transmitted?
aerosol, but not person-person
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How does legionella pneumophila usually occur?
in outbreaks
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What is the laboratory diagnosis of Legionnaire's Disease
* gram staining of sputum * recognition with serotype-specific floursecent antibody * Culture of Legionella on cystine yeast extract agar * Detection of antigen in urine * 4-fold rise in antibody
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What are the clinical features of measles?
* fever * runny nose * Kolpik's spots * characteristic rash
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What can measles result in?
neurological complications
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What can measles cause?
Can cause “giant cell” (Hecht’s) pneumonia in the immunocompromised – usually fatal
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What type of virus is measles?
paramyxovirus
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How is the measles virus spread?
aerosol
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Where does the measles virus replicate?
lower respiratory tract
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What is the incubation period of measles?
10-14 days
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How do you diagnose the measles virus?
* serology for measles * virus isolation * viral detection
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What is the treatment of measles virus?
ribavirin treatment (anti-viral) antibiotics for secondary bacterial infections
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methods of the prevention of the measles virus
immunisation with highly effective, live, attenuated MMR vaccine
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What is an endemic
present in a community at all times; at a relatively low to medium frequency but at a steady state
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What is an epidemic?
sudden severe outbreak within a region or group
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what is a pandemic?
occurs when an epidemic becomes widespread and affects a whole region, a continent or the entire world
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What type of virus is influenza?
orthomyxovirus
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What are the three tpes of influenza?
* Type A = epidemics and pandemics, animal resovoir * Type B = epidemics, no animak hosts * Type C = minor respiratory illness
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Dsecribe the influenza virus?
* type-specific antigens on cell surface (spikes) * Haemagglutinin (H) * Neuraminidase (N) * Single-standed RNA * Segmented genome * Resassortment gives ruse ti novel combinations of H and N genes
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What mild changes does influenza undergo during spread through the host species?
Antigenic drift * small point mutations in the H and N antigens occurs constantly * Allows the virus to multiply in individuals with immunity to preceding strains * new subtype can reinfect community * occurs with all influenza types
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What major changes does influenza undergo during spread through the host species?
Antigenic shift * sudden major change based on recombination between two different strains when they infect the same cell * produces a virus with novel surface glycoproteins * new strain can spread through previously immune populations - new pandemic
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What makes a pandemic?
* antigenic shift * most people have no immunity * attach rate is high - it spreads rapidly * mortaltity can be high
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What type of virus is swine flu? And who did it mostly affect?
H1N1 virus People inder the age of 40. Attack rate was high but mortality was low
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How is influenza diagnosed?
* Nasopharyngeal aspirate * Direct immunofluorescent * culture * NAAT detection
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What is the treatment used for influenza?
* Amantadine * Zanamavir * Oseltamivir (Tamiflu)
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What is the management for influenza?
* rest, warmth, hydration, analgesia * Anti-viral treatment within 48hrs has some effect on the duration of fever * Antibiotics not given unless secondary bacterial infection is suspected
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What is the prevention for influenza?
killed vaccine (~70% efficacy)
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What is SARS?
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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What are the symptoms of SARS?
* High fever * cough * Shortness of breath * CXRs consistent with pneumonia
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What is the incubation period of SARS?
2-7 days (max 10 days)
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How is SARS transmitted?
via droplets, faeces, infected animals (many modes)
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How is SARS identified?
* virus isolation in cell culture * electron microscopy * molecular techniques
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What type of virus is SARS?
* coronavirus * enveloped RNA virus * Characterisitic "halo" * receotir for spike protein is ACE2
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What is the treatment for SARS?
No specific treatment avaliable * Ribavirin * Corticosteroids * Interferons * Anti-retroviral therapies (protease inhibitors)
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Common fungal infections of RT
* Aspergillus fumigatus * Pneumocystis jiroveci (previously P. carinii) * AIDS defining condition
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Common parasitic infections of RT
* Ascaris * Strongyloides * Schistosoma * Echinococcus granulosus

MD3001 - Respiratory Disease/Pathology (7 decks)

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