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Chapter 19
Disease-Presentation
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Microbiology
Professional
05/11/2012

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Term
Laryngitis and Tracheitis
Definition
Hoarseness
Burning retrosternal pain
Can become dry cough with "crowing," known as "Croup"
Term
Diptheria
Definition
1) Cervical lymph-node enlargement (Bull-neck)
2) Pseudomembrane on pharynx
3) Fever, palor, exhaustion
4) Myocarditis
5) Polyneuritis
Term
Whooping cough
Definition
1) Incubation of 1-3 weeks
2) Starts catarrhal, goes dry, then presents as paroxysms (short, copies mucus) of cough followed by a "Whoop"
3) Can collapse lung
Term
Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis
Definition
Cough and excessive mucus secretion in the tracheobronchial tree
Term
Broncholitis
Definition
1) Restricted to childhood and usually to children under 2 y/o
Term
Cardiopulmonary syndrome
Definition
Develop severe cardiopulmonary disease
Fluid in lungs (Pulmonary edema, hypotension, shock)
Term
RSV
Definition
1) Cough, rapid resp. rate and cyanosis
2) Otitis media
Term
Lobar Pneumonia
Definition
Distinct region of the lung
Term
Bronchopneumonia
Definition
More diffuse patchy consolidation
Term
Interstitial pneumonia
Definition
Invasion of the lung interstitial (Usually viral)
Term
Lung Abscess
Definition
Necrotizing pneumonia
Cavitation and destruction of the lung parenchyma
Term
Pneumonia
Definition
"The old man's friend"
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