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Infectious Disease - Resp Diseaes Cause and Treatment
Disease, Causitive Agent, Treatment
18
Microbiology
Professional
09/18/2011

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Term
Common Cold/Summer Grippe
Definition

Rhinoviruses/Enteroviruses

 

Supportive therapy

 

Term

Acute Rhinosinusitis

 

Definition

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae

 

Amoxicillin

Term
Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis
Definition

Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Mucor, etc

 

Amphotericin B

Term
Pharyngitis
Definition

USually viruses, S. pyogenes is most common bacteria

 

Viruses = Supportive therapy

S. pyogenes = peniciillin; given 8-10 d of symptoms lower the chances of developing rheumoatic fever

Term

Diptheria

 

Definition

C. diptheriae

 

Hospital, antiserum (antitoxin), peniciillin then DTaP vaccine

Term

Viral Croup

 

 

Definition

Parainfluenzae virus type I

 

supportive therapy

 

 

Term
Laryngitis
Definition

Resp viruses

 

supportive therapy

 

Term
Epiglottitis
Definition

H. infuenzae

 

Ampicillin/sulbactam

Term
Acute bronchitis
Definition

Resp viruses

 

supportive therapy

Term
Influenzae
Definition

Influenzae A and B

 

Influenzae A virus only: amantadine or rimantadine

Influenzae A or B viruses = zanamivir or oseltamivir

 

Term
Pertussis
Definition

Bordetella pertussis

 

Erythromycin - decreases spread to others; if given early may modift the course of infection

Term

Pneumonia - CAP - Healthy, no antibiotics in past 3 mo

 

Definition

Empiric therapy

 

Azithromycin or doxycycline

 

Term

Pneumonia - CAP - comorbidities, or antibiotics in the past 3 months

 

Definition

empiric therapy

 

amoxicillin/clavulanate and azithromycin

Term
Pneumonia - CAP - Inpatient; non ICU or ICU
Definition

Empiric therapy

 

ceftriaxon and azithromycin

Term
Pneumonia - HCAP - without risk factors for MDR
Definition

empiric therapy

 

ceftriaxone or levofloxacin

 

Term
Pneumonia - HCAP with risk factors for MDR
Definition

Empiric therapy

 

ceftazidime and tobramycin and vancomycin

 

 

Term

Tuberculosis/pneumoniae

 

 

 

Definition

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

 

RIPE - rifampin, ixoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol

 

 

Term
Fungal pneumoniae
Definition

Blastomyces, Histoplasma, Coccidiodes (in immunocompromised - candida, mucor, asperigillus)

 

Amphotericin B

 

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