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Pathology
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04/04/2014

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Term
define pneumonia
Definition
any infection of the lungs, acute or chronic
Term
4 general ways microbes get into the lungs
Definition
nasopharyngeal flora aspirated in sleep
lung disease makes vulnerable to virulent organisms
defects in immunity
exogenous interferences
Term
3 ways lung disease makes lung vulnerable to virulent organisms
Definition
secondary bacterial infection follow viral infection
microbes damage mucocilliary elevator
mucous plugging
Term
3 defects in immunity that lead to pneumonia and which organisms
Definition
innate (neutrophil and complement defect): pyogenic bacteria
humoral: pyogenic bacteria
cell mediated: microbes, viruses, low virulence organisms
Term
2 exogenous interferences of lung defenses and how they do it
Definition
cigarettes: compormise mucocilliary elevator and macrophage activity

alcohol: impairs cough and epiglottic reflexes increasing aspiration, interferes with neutrophil chemotaxis
Term
host defenses in the nasopharynx 4
Definition
nasal hairs
turbinates
mucocilliary apparatus
IgA
Term
4 host defenses in the oropharynx
Definition
saliva
sloughing of epithelium
local complement production
interference from resident flora
Term
6 host defenses in the trachea and bronchi
Definition
cough
epiglottic reflexes
sharp angled branching
mucocilliary apparatus
IgG
IgM
IgA
Term
9 host defenses in the terminal airway and alveoli
Definition
alveolar lining fluid: surfactant, ig, complement, fibronectin
cytokines: IL-1, TNF
alveolar macrophages
polymorphonuclear leukocytes
cell mediated immunity
Term
general symptoms of pneumonia 12
Definition
acute or chronic disease
organism leaks into blood: fever, chills
cough: yellow green or rusty sputum
tachypenia and pleuritic CP due to stretch of pleura on breathing
decreased breath sounds
rales
dullness to percussion
elevated WBC
Term
how can you tell apart viral and bacterial pneumonia morphologicaly
Definition
bacterial: fibrinopurulent exudate
viral and atypical: mononuclear interstitial infiltrate
Term
how can you tell morphologically a pneumonia is chronic
Definition
granuloma and cavitation
Term
3 ways to diagnose the orgsnism in pneumonia
Definition
culture and stain of sputum
CBC: increased WBC, left shift, culture
CXR: lobar, segmental, bronchopulmonary, pleural effusions
Term
bronchopneumonia: location
Definition
patchy exudate involving more than one lobe, bilateral
Term
bronchopneumonia: morphology 4
Definition
gray yellow lesions
confluence of foci may look lobar
hyperemic and edematous around foci
exudate fills bronchi and alveoli
Term
causes of bronchopneumonia 5
Definition
stapn aureus
H. influenza
pseudomonas
moraxella
legionella
Term
complications of bronchopneumonia 5
Definition
fibrous scaring
pleural adhesions
lung abscess
emphyema
necrosis
Term
lobar pneumonia: location
Definition
contiguous homogenous exudate in one lobe
Term
lobar pneumonia: cause
Definition
bacterial commonly following viral infection
strep pneumo 90%
klebsiella pneumonia
Term
sighs of lobar pneumonia 6
Definition
sbrupt shaking, chills, high fever, pleuritic pain, mucopurulent cough
Term
causes of community acquired typical pneumonia 7
Definition
strep pneumo
h. influenzae
moraxella
staph aureus
legionella
klebsiella
pseudomonas
Term
causes of community acquired atypical pneumonia 7
Definition
mycoplasma
infleunza
chelmydia pneumpnia
coxiella burnetti
RSV
PIV
adenovirus
Term
causes of nosocomal pneumonia 4
Definition
klebsiella
E. coli
pseudomonas
S. aureus - usually MRSA
Term
causes of aspiration pneumonia 8
Definition
oral flora: bacteroides, prevotella, fusobacterium, peptostreptococcus
S. pneumoniae
S. aureus
H. infleunzae
pseudomonas
Term
causes of chronic pneumonia 9
Definition
nocardia
actinomyces
TB
MAC
M. kanasaii
M. avscessus
histoplasma
coccidioides
blastomyces
Term
causes of opportunistic pneumonia 7
Definition
CMV
pneumocystis pneumonia
candidia
cryptococcus
mycosis: mucor, rhizopus (zygomycophyta)
aspergillus
Term
causes of pneumonia with HIV 4
Definition
S. pneumonia
S. aureus
H. influenza
GNR
Term
what are the symptoms of a CA typical 6 pneumpnia vs CA atypical 4
Definition
CA: fever, shaking, chills, pleuritic CP, mucopurulent cough, hemoptysis

atypical: fever, headache, malaise, cough (no suptum)
Term
most common cause CA pneumonia
Definition
s. pneumo
Term
most common cause bacterial pneumpnia in COPD pt
Definition
H. influenza
Term
second most common cause bacterial pneumonia in COPD pt
Definition
Moraxella
Term
most common cause of pneumpnia secondary to viral infection
Definition
S. aureus
Term
most common gram negative cause of pneumpnia
Definition
klebsiella
Term
most common cause of pneumpnia in CF, neutropenic pt, burn patient, pt on ventilator
Definition
pseudomonas
Term
most common atypical pneumonia
Definition
mycoplasma
Term
most common cause of pneumonia in pt with splenectomy
Definition
S. pneumo
Term
most common cause of pneumonia in pt with DM or CHF
Definition
S. pneumo
Term
most common cause of pneumonia in alcoholic
Definition
klebsiella
Term
most important cause of chronic pneumonia
Definition
mycobacterium TB
Term
most common fungal pneumonia in neutropenic and leukemia patients
Definition
candidia
Term
most common fungal pneumonia in AIDS and hematolymphoid malignancies (hodgkins)
Definition
cryptococcus
Term
streptococcal pneumonia: who goes it infect most 6
Definition
CHF, COPD, DM, Ig defects, AIDS, splenectomy
Term
streptococcal pneumonia: location in lung
Definition
lobar or bronchopneumonia
mostly low/middle lobes
Term
streptococcal pneumonia (and other gram positive pneumonias): 4 stages of infection and changes at each stage
Definition
1. congestion (24h): dilation of vessels causes blood and edema with protein, lobe is red, heavy, boffy, protein fluid, neutropphils, bacteria

2. red hepatization (days): exudate in alveoli with fibrin, RBC, neutrophils, live like consistancy

3. gray hepatization: dry, gray, firm due to RBC lysis, fibrinosuppurative exudate, persists in alveoli

4. resolution: exudate digested by macriphages making semi fluid which is resorbed or coughed up. type II pneumocytes regenerate leaving thickening and adhesions made with fibroblasts
Term
streptococcal pneumonia: capsule?, stain type, lab tests
Definition
encapsulated
GP diplococci
exudates
optochin sensitive
a hemolytic
bile soluble
Term
streptococcal pneumonia: complications 4
Definition
abscessl: due to tissue necrosis
empyema: suppurlitive material accumulates in pleural cavity

fibrous change: intra alveolar exudate converts adjacent areas

dissemination: meningitis, arthritis, infective endocarditis
Term
streptococcal pneumonia: diseases it causes 5
Definition
pneumonia
meningitis
otitis media
arthritis
infective endocarditis
Term
hemophilus influenza: capsile?, growth medium, types and who they infect
Definition
polyribitol capsule
chocolate with factor V (NAD) and X (hematinin)

A: adults with pulmonary disease (COPD, CF, bronchiectasis, bronchitis)

B: kids causing epiglottis, suppurative meningitis
Term
hemophilus infleunza: diseases it causes 5
Definition
suppurative meningitis
otitis media
sinusitis
epiglottis
pneumonia
Term
moraxella catarrhalis: who it infects
Definition
elderly
second most common bacterial pneumonia in COPD
Term
moraxella catarrhalis: diseases it causes and in who
Definition
pneumonia in adults
otitis media in kids
Term
staphlococcis aureus: who it infects 2
Definition
pt who just had viral infection (often measles or influenza)
IV drug users
Term
staphlococcis aureus: complications 3
Definition
lung abscess empyema (puss), right side endocarditis (IV drug users)
Term
which microbes cause nectrotizing pneumonia 5
Definition
anaerobes
S. aureus
Klebsiella
strep pyogenes
pseudomonas
Term
klebsiella pneumonia: who it infects 2
Definition
malnourished
chronic alcoholics
elderly
Term
klebsiella pneumonia: stain type
Definition
gram negative bacteria
Term
klebsiella pneumonia: signs 2
Definition
emphyema (puss)/ absvess
thick gelatenous current jelly sputum
Term
pseudomonas aeruginosa: who it infects 6
Definition
CF, nosocimal, neutropenic (secondary to chemo, buruns, ventilation)
Term
how does pseudomonas aeruginosa cause damage
Definition
exotoxin A: alongation factor 2 inhibitor decreasses protein synthesis
Term
pseudomonas aeruginosa; stain type, diagnostic tests 4
Definition
GNR
non lactose fermenting
oxidase positive
blue green (pricyanin pigment)
exotoxin (causes shock)
Term
pseudomonas aeruginosa: morphology changes 2
Definition
coagulative necrosis of lung parenchyma
pseudomonas vasculitis: organisms invade vessel
Term
legionella pneumonophilia: who it infects
Definition
pt who went into aqueous environment and aspirated water (esp with cardiac, renal, immunologic,c hematologic disease or transplant)
Term
2 conditions caused by legionella and they symptoms
Definition
legionaires: epidemic, sportic, pneumonia, high fever, diarrhea, hyponatremia
often in smoker

pontiac ffever: self limited URI
Term
legionella pneumophilia: stain tyoe, growth medium
Definition
GNR, silver stain (intracellular)
charcoil yeatt + FA + cystine
Term
diagnosis of legionella 2
Definition
antigens in urine, florescent antibody in sputum
Term
explain the look of atypical pneumonia on CXR
Definition
patchy inflammation of the lungs confined to alveolar septa and interstitium
no alveolar exudates, consolidation, sputum
respiratory distress may be out of proportion with CXR findings
Term
mycoplasma pneumonia: who does it infect 3
Definition
young kids and young adults
closed communities (epidemics)
serous in compormised
Term
mycoplasma pneumonia: changes in respiratory morphology 2
Definition
attacks epithelium and alveoli: necrosis, inflammation
inhibits mucocilliary clearance (this is weird, normal viral)
Term
mycoplasma pneumonia: stain type, capsule?, cell components, growth medium
Definition
not visible on gram stain
lacks cell wall (pen/ceph resistant)
membrane has cholesterol
grows on eatons agar
Term
mycoplasma pneumonia: CXR
Definition
lobar, bronchopneumonia, interstitial consolidations (watch out this is unlike other atypicals)
Term
mycoplasma pneumonia: symptoms 7
Definition
non-specific: fever, headache, malaise, cough, minimal sputum
autoimmune hemolytic anemia (IgG cold agglutinin)
erythema multiform
Term
mycoplasma pneumonia: why is respiratory distress out of proportion with alveolar findings
Definition
edema and inflammation are specific to alveolar septa
Term
which pneumonia microbe is most likley to cause sepsis, why, 7 signs
Definition
pseudomonas aeruginosa
invades vessels at site and becomes extrapulmonaly in days

echyma gangrenosum (black skin lesions), UTI, external otitis, malignant otitis external (DM), osteomyelitis, hot tub follicles
Term
infleunza: genoma type, 3 cell components, 3 types and what they infect
Definition
ssRNA
hemoagglutinin, neuraminidase, ameliroate
A: pigs, horses, birds, humans
H5N1: bird flu
H1N1 (A): swine flu
Term
which microbe displays antigenic drift and shift, define each
Definition
influenza virus
drift: epidemics, mutation in hemagglutinin/neuraminidase allowing virus to escape host antibodies

shift: pandemic, both hemagglutinin/neuraminidase replaced by recombination of RNA with animal viruses makign new influenza virus
Term
H5N1: what it infects, why its a concern
Definition
bird flu: outbreals in domesticated poultry in SE Asia and has potential to jump to humans making pandemic
Term
H1N1: signs, prognosis, who it infects and why
Definition
pandemic of mostly self limiting illness with viral replication limited to pharynx and tracheobronchial tree, some progressed to pneumonia

cormorbid conditions allowed for fatality

immunity may have been achieved with previous exposure because it killed few >60yo
Term
H1N1: morphological changes 3
Definition
alveolar damage
pulmonary thrombosis
alveolar hemorrhage
Term
chalmydia pneumonia: life cycle
Definition
elementary body (small, endocytose into cell)
reticulate body (visible, replicates in cell)
Term
chalmydia pneumonia: gram stain type,
Definition
obligate intracellular
no muramic acid in cell wall
use gemisa stain
Term
C. trachomatis: 4 diseases it causes
Definition
urethritis, reactive arthritis, conjunctivits, PID
Term
coxiella birnetti: who it infects and how transmitted
Definition
seen in farmers and vets
deposited on cattle by tick
respiratory transmission via endospores
Term
coxiella burnetti: microbe family
Definition
rickettsia (but is weird cause it causes pneumonia, no arthropod transmission, no rash)
Term
coxiella burnetti: signs of infection
Definition
very high (Q) fever
Term
method of HA-pneumonia infection
Definition
immune supression
prolonged antibiotics
mechanical ventilation
Term
method of aspiration pneumonia infection
Definition
aspiration of gastric contents when unconscious, vomiting, GERD
gastric acid damage allows bacterial invasion
Term
morphology of aspiration pneumonia
Definition
necrotizing, fulminant, abscess formation (RIGHT LOWER LOBE)
Term
what type of pneumonia would give the lung a liver like consistancy
Definition
strep pneumonia typical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia causes fibrous changes in the lung (thickening and adhesions)
Definition
strep pneumonia typical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia can also cause epiglottitis
Definition
H. influenza typical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia can cause suppurlative meningitis
Definition
H. influenza typical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia can cause right side endocarditis
Definition
S. aureus typical CA in IV drug user
Term
what type of pneumonia can cause current jelly sputum
Definition
klevsiella pneumonia typical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia can cause echyma gangrenosum
Definition
pseudomonas aeruginosa typical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia can cause malignant otitis media in DM
Definition
pseudomonas aeruginosa typical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia can cause osteomyelitis
Definition
pseudomonas aeruginosa typical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia can cause diarrhea and hyponatremia
Definition
legionella pneumonia typical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia can cause autoimmune hemolytic anemia (IgM cold agglutinin)
Definition
mycoplasma pneumonia atypical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia can cause erythema multiform
Definition
mycoplasma pneumonia atypical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia can cause pulmoney thrombosis and alveolar hemorrhage
Definition
influenza atypical CA
Term
what type of pneumonia can cause very high fever
Definition
coxiella burnetti atypical CA
Term
causes of lung abscess 7
Definition
aspiration of infective material
aspiration of gastric contents
necrotizing pneumonia
bronchial obstruction
septic emboli
hemotegnous spread
anaerobic bacteria
Term
gives examples of aspirated material that could cause lung abscess
Definition
teeth, sinus materia, tonsils, oral surgery, anesthesia delivered, coma, intoxication, depressed cough reflex
Term
examples of things that can cause bronchial obstruction 4
Definition
bronchogenic carcinoma
impaired drainage
distal atlectasia
aspiration of blood or tumor fragment
Term
where could a septic emboli come from that causes lung abscess
Definition
thrombophlebitis from endocarditis of right heart
Term
how can you identify lung abscess came from hemotgenous spread
Definition
causes multiple abscesses
Term
what microbes are in lung abscess
Definition
always have oral mucrobes (fusobacterium, bacteriudes, peptostreptococcus, microaerophilic streptococci)
plus the offending microbe
Term
most common location of lung abscess, why
Definition
right because usually caused by aspiration
usually posterior upper lobe and apical lower lobe
Term
what causes diffuse lung abscesses 3
Definition
caused by pneumonia, bronchiectasis, hemotenous spread
Term
what causes multiple lung abscesses in one region
Definition
septic emboli
Term
symptoms of lung abscess 7
Definition
foul smelling purulent or sanquineous sputum, sometimes shemoptysis
spiking fever
malaise
clubbing fingers
weight loss
anemia
Term
what tumor can lead to lung abscess
Definition
bronchiogenic carcinoma: infective abscess in 10-15%
Term
morphology of a lung abscess 5
Definition
suppurative
necrotizing
large cavitation
mononuclear infiltrate
fibrous scars
Term
complications of lung abscess 6
Definition
bronchopleural fistula: ABSCESS RUPTURE INTO PLEURAL CAVITY CAUSING PNEUMOTHORAX OR AMPYEMA
hematogenous spread: meningitis, brain abscess
septic emboli: endocarditis, thrombi to other part of body
bronchial obstruction; esp from tumor
seconday amyloidosis: when chronic
necrotozing pneumonia: when necrotizing microbe
Term
tx of lung abscess
Definition
antibiotics
surgical draining
Term
what lung condition causes foul smelling purulent or sanquineous sputum and clubbing of fingers
Definition
lung abscess
Term
what lung condition causes pneumothorax and empyema
Definition
bronchopleural fistual: lung abscess ruptures into pleural cavity
Term
chronic pneumonia general shared characteristic
Definition
granulomatous inflammation in localized lesion
Term
who does TB infect (too many)
Definition
crowds, elderly, compormised, chronic illnesses, AIDS, poor, minotiries, DM, hodgkins lymphoma, chronic lung diseases (silicosis), chronic renal failure, malnutrition, alcoholism ummune supression, HIV
Term
what is the single most important risk factor for the development of TB
Definition
HIV
Term
transmission of TB 3
Definition
direct inhilation
contaminated secretions
milk (M. bovis)
Term
cause of primary TB
Definition
infection of TB in a previously unsensitized patient
Term
signs of primary TB
Definition
asymptomatic, may have pleural effusions
Term
TB: stain type
Definition
acid fast rods, complex lipids
ziehl neelson (carbol fuschin) staining
Term
6 steps of primary TB infection
Definition
1. bacilli inhaled into LOWER LOBE or UPPER LOBE CLOSE TO PLEURS

2. phagocytosed and PREVENT FUSION of phagolysosome stopping degredation

3. ghon complex: TB bacilli replicate in macrophages and travel to regional nodes seeding sites, flu like signs

4. ghon focus: gray-white inflammatory consolidation and ceseating necrosis forms due to initial sensitization

5. 3wk: Th1 made, secretes INFy which upregulates TNF, which recruits monocytes, NO antibacteria, and ROS antibacterial

6. ranke complex: ghon complex undergoes fibrosis and calcification as INFy, IL-12, TNF, NO cause granulomas walling off infected macrophages and progression stops
Term
complications of primary TB infection 3
Definition
hypersensitivity and increased resistance
could activate and transmit if defenses lowered
progressive primary TB
Term
progressive primary TB: cause
Definition
compormised pt (esp HIV) or of inuir descent has inability of CD4 reaction due to hypersensitivity and resistance leads to absence of caseating granulomas (non-reactive TB)
Term
what is NRAMP1, how does it effect the body
Definition
natural resistance associated macrophage protein 1
if B has this gene it may not elict immune response and then the gene kills itself
Term
cause of secondary TB 2
Definition
reaction in sensitized host due to immune compormised state

exogenous re-infection with large amounts of TB
Term
location of secondary TB 2
Definition
simon focus: at apex of one or both upper lobes due to like of O2

regional nodes: less prominant than primary TB because bacilli cause tissue response that walls off ghon focus
Term
how is TB diagnosed
Definition
infection causes delayed hypersensitivity
2-4wk later PPD is positive in 48h

CXR: consolidation or cavitation at apices

culture: acid fast, florezcent auramine rhodamine, PCR amplification
Term
6 things that cause false positive PPD
Definition
viral infection
sarcoidosis
malnutrition
hodgkin lymphoma
immune supression
atypical mycobacteria
Term
what do the lesions in secondary TB look like, location, color, texture (10)
Definition
small circumscribed focus on consolidation
in apical pleura
firm
white-gray
central caseation
peripheral fibrosis
coalescent tubercles
cavitation leading to erosion and dissemination in airway so pt is infectious
Term
clinical signs of secondary TB and what causes them 12
Definition
asymptomatic
TNF/IL-1: malaise, anorexia, weight loss, fever (low grade, remittent, afternoon), night sweats

mucoid followed by purulent sputum (after cavitation of lesion)

pleuritic pain: extension of infection into pleura

extrapulmonary: salpingitis causes infertility, meningitis, potts causes back pain
Term
TX and prognosis of secondary TB
Definition
multidrug resistance
favorable prognosis if localized to lung
worse prognosis if disseminated, old, immune supressed, miliary TB, multi drug resistance
Term
complications of secondary TB
Definition
amyloidosis in persistant cases
progressive pulmonary TB
Term
progressive pulmonary TB: lesion appearance and location, signs 3, treatment and prognosis
Definition
paical lesion: more caseation, erosion into bronchi, fibrous tissue walls, erosion of vessels, hemoptysis

signs: pleura effusions, TB empyema, obliterative fibrous pleuritis

tx stops process but cannot fix pulmonary tissue (irregular cavities, free of caseation necrosis or fibrosis)
Term
what happens in progressive pulmonary TB without tx
Definition
direct expansion via airway dissemination, hematologenous, lymph
Term
what are 7 special types or manifestations of TB
Definition
miliary
endobronchial/trachial/laryngeal
systemic miliary
isolated organ
lymphadenitis
intestinal
HIV TB
Term
miliary TB: MOA, lesion type
Definition
bacili drain into lymph, right heart, and pulmonary arteries
many small yellow-white lesions in parenchyma
Term
endobronchial/tracheal/laryngeal TB: MOA, appearance
Definition
spread via lymph or expectorated sputum causing studded mucous lining
Term
systemic miliary TB: MOA, organs infected 7
Definition
disseminated through systemic arteries to organs making granulomas

marrow, spleen, adrenal, maninges, kidney, fallopian, epididymis
Term
isolated organ TB: MOA, 5 organs affected, 2 specific conditions
Definition
hematogenous spreading

meninges, kidney, adrenal, bone, fallopian tube (salpingitis)

pott disease: infection of vertebrae
cold abscess: paraspinal tracking, pelvic and abdominal mass
Term
what is the most frequent extrapulmonary form of TB
Definition
lymphadenitis
Term
TB lymphadenitis: locations, why gets it
Definition
scrofula: cervial region
unifocal, almost always in HIV patients
Term
intestinal TB: causes 2, spread
Definition
caused by drinking contaminated milk (old days) or secondary TB secondary to swallowing coughed up TB

TB in lymph of Si, inflammation, ulceration of mucosa (Esp ileum)
Term
HIV and TB presentation when CD4<200
Definition
like progressive primary TB: lower middle consolidation, hilar lymphadenopathy, noncavitation, 50% extrapulmonary involvement
Term
HIV and TB presentation when CD4>300
Definition
present with secondary TB: apical disease, cavitation, 15% extrapulmonary involvement
Term
MAC: signs 7
Definition
fever, night sweats, weight loss, HSM, lymphadenopathy, diarrhea, pulmonary involvement that looks like TB
Term
MAC: prognosis
Definition
only disseminates in AIDS when CD4<100 as foamy histocytes stuffied with it
Term
what type of pneumonia has lesion in apical pleura, circumscribed, gray white, peripheral fibrosis
Definition
secondary TB
Term
what type of pneumonia causes low grade, remittent, and afternoon fevers
Definition
secondary TB
Term
what type of pneumonia causes salpingitis and infertility
Definition
secondary TB
Term
what type of pneumonia causes back pain
Definition
secondary TB potts disease
Term
what type of pneumonia causes erosion into bronchi, bessels, and hemoptysis
Definition
progressive pulmonary TB
Term
what type of pneumonia causes cold abscess (paraspinal tracking, pelvic and abdominal masses)
Definition
secondary TB
Term
what type of pneumonia causes scrofula, what is it
Definition
cervical lymphadenitis caused by secondary TB (often in HIV patient)
Term
what does dimorphic mean
Definition
fungi is mold at 20C (68F) (hyphe, multicellular colony, joined end to end) and yeast at 37C (unicellular growth form)
Term
how is fungal pneumonia transmitted
Definition
environmental source, not by people
Term
what is a primary nodule in fungal pneumonia made of
Definition
macrophages stuffed with organisms evolve into granuloma with giant cells, central necrosis, fibrosis, calcification (very simillar to primary TB)
Term
histoplasmosis capsulatum: location 5
Definition
mississippi and ohio river valley, appalachia, SE US, warm moist soil, in bat poo
Term
histoplasmosis capsulatum: lesion morphology 8
Definition
macrophages filled with histoplasma bodies
hyphae
microconidia
tuberculate microconidia
no capsule
round or oval
small yeast
Term
histoplasmosis capsulatum: signs 2
Definition
pneumonia (HSM, flu like)
fungemia (esp in AIDS)
Term
coccidioidomycosis immitis: location 3
Definition
SW US, california, San joaquin valley "valley fever"
Term
coccidioidomycosis immitis: morphology of microbe 4
Definition
thick wall
non budding spherules
filled with endosopores
NOT dimorphic
Term
coccidioidomycosis immitis: signs of infection 5
Definition
calcification of pulmonary lesion
dissemination to bone and skin
erythema nodosum (Desert bumps)
pneumonia
dissemination more in 3rd trimester
Term
blastomycosis dermatitis: location
Definition
same as histoplasmosis but US only
Term
blastomycosis dermatitis: morphology of microbe
Definition
round, oval, larger
broad based budding
hyphae with conidia as yeast
Term
blastomycosis dermatitis: signs of infection 2
Definition
pneumonia
disseminate to skin and bone in compormised causing epipthelial hyperplasia (like SCC)
Term
clinical signs of fungal pneumonia 6
Definition
acute primary pulmonary infection
PREDOMINANCE IN UPPER LOBE
chronic GRANULOMATOUS pulmonary disease
disseminated MILIARY disease
flu like, often self limited
PREHILAR lesion: bronchogenic carcinoma like (Causes cough, hemoptysis, dyspnea, CP)
Term
signs of fungal pneumonia in compormised (HIV) and infant
Definition
disseminated disease (miliary)
focal collections of phagocytes stuffed with yeast within cells of liver, spleen, nodes, lymph of GI marrow, adrenals, meninges, dry mouth and ulcers, HSM, anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia
Term
what type of pneumonia causes erythema nodosa with bumps
Definition
coccidioidomycosis immitis
Term
what type of pneumonia causes increased dissemination in third trimester of pregnancy
Definition
coccidioidomycosis immitis
Term
what type of pneumonia causes bronchogenic carcinoma like signs (prehilar lesion, induces cough, hemoptysis, dyspnea, CP)
Definition
fungal
Term
what type of pneumonia causes epithelial hyperplasia like squamous cell carcinoma
Definition
blastomycosis dermatitidis
Term
CMV: transmission 9
Definition
congenital: transplacenital
perinatal: birth canal, breast milk
saliva, fecal oral, marrow, transplant, organ transplant, AIDS
Term
CMV: when is a person infectious
Definition
can excrete virus for months to years (seropositive for life, virus is latent)
Term
CMV: 6 cells it infects and what it does to them
Definition
giant cells with pleomorphism
glandular or parenchymal epithelium, neurons, alveolar macrophages, tubular epithelium, glomerulus
Term
CMV: morphology
Definition
owl eye: enlarged inclusion in nuclei with halo
mononuclear infiltrate with foci of necrosis and inclusions (can cause ARDS)
pseudomembranes: intestinal necrosis and ulceration
Term
CMV: whi is symptomatic 3
Definition
asymptomatic in healthy adults
symptomatic: in organ transplant, AIDS, allogenic marrow transplant, neonates
Term
CMV: symptoms 10
Definition
cytomegalic inclusion disease (neonate)
CMV pneumonitis
pseudomembrane colitis
retinitis
CMV mononucleosis: fever, atypical lymphocytes, lymphadenopathy, HSM, abnormal liver enzymes, mild hepatitis
Term
CMV: diagnosis
Definition
viral owl eye inclusions in secretions and culture
PCR
antiviral titer
Term
pneumocystic pneumonia aka
Definition
P. juroveci or P. carinii
Term
pneumocystic pneumonia: who gets symptoms 5
Definition
asymptomatic in healthy adults
symptomatic in AIDS CD4<200, malnourished infants, transplant pt, chemo, steroids
Term
pneumocystic pneumonia: symptoms 4
Definition
interstitial pneumonitis: cough, dyspnea, fever, hypoxia
Term
interstitial pneumonia: causes 7, definition, CXR look
Definition
inflammation of interstitium of lung increases lung markings on CXR
causes: atypical or virus (mycoplasma, chalmydia, legionella, RSV, CMV, influenza virus, coxiella)
Term
pneumocystic pneumonia CXR
Definition
bilateral prehilar and basilar infiltrates
Term
pneumocystic pneumonia morphology
Definition
cotton candy exudate: intraalveolar fomy pink staining exudate
round to cup shaped cysts: septa thickened with edema and monocytes
honeycomb
patchy infiltrate ground glass
Term
candidia albicans transmission
Definition
normal flora of oral cavity, GI, vagina
Term
candidia albicans pneumonia: who gets it
Definition
often in neutropenic and leukemia patients
Term
candidia albicans: stages 4, properities 3
Definition
pseyxohyphae > budding yeast > germ tubule 37C > true hyphe
KOH shoes pseudohyphe, true hyphe, budding yeast
Term
signs of candidia infection
Definition
thrush: white pseudomembrane one oral mucosa
vaginitis: esp when pregnant or on BC
esophagitis
hematolymphoid malignancies: in AIDS
dysphagia
retrosternal pain
Term
who usually gets thrush 4
Definition
immune compormised
newborns
kids on steroids and antibioics
HIV
Term
what types of cutaneous infections can candidia cause 6
Definition
onchomycosis: nail
paronychia: nail folds
folliculitis: follicle
intertrigo: pits, webs
blantitis: penis
diaper rash
Term
who is more susceptible to chronic mucocutaneous candidia infections, why
Definition
T cell defects and autoantibodies (endocrinopathies: hypothyroid, addisons) (job syndrome TH17 defect)
Term
invasive candidiasis usually goes where 8
Definition
renal abscess
myocardial abscess
endopathalmitis: eye
hepatic abscess
meningitis
braiin abscess
endocarditis (esp IV drug users and prosthatic valves)
candidia pneumonia
Term
who is at high risk for invasive candidiasis
Definition
pt with leukemia who are neutropenic after chemo
Term
CXR sign of candidia pneumonia
Definition
bl nodular infiltrate looks like pneumocystis
Term
cryptococcus neoformans: transmission
Definition
inhaled pigeon droppings
Term
cryptococcus neoformans: who it infects
Definition
compormised, esp AIDS and hematolymphoid malignancies (hodgkins)
Term
cryptococcus neoformans: structure, staining
Definition
thick gelatenous capsule (halo on stain with india ink)
budding seen
no pseudohyphae or true hyphae, urease positive
Term
cryptococcus neoformans: lung morphology
Definition
localizes in lung then disseminates (often to meninges)
minimal inflammation to granuloma depending on degree of immune deficiency
Term
cryptococcus neoformans: diagnosis
Definition
cryptococcal latex agglutination assay
Term
what causes mycosis 2
Definition
mucor and rhizopus (zygomycophyta)
Term
mucor and rhizopus (zygomycophyta): structure
Definition
wide angle branching
non-septate
filamentous
Term
mucor and rhizopus (zygomycophyta): dissemination sites
Definition
sinuses and brain
vascular invasion, necrosis and infarct!
hematolymphoid malignancies! (need marrow transplant)
Term
mucor and rhizopus (zygomycophyta): who does it infect
Definition
immune compormised (eso hematolymphoid malignancies, neutropenia, steroid pt, allogenic stem cell transplant)
Term
mucor and rhizopus (zygomycophyta): signs of infection 4
Definition
rhinocerebral mucormycosis: fulminant invasive form in patient with ketoacitosis

pulmonary disease: cavitary or miliary

necrotic tissues esp on face

hemorrhage in nose and eyes
Term
aspergillus: where is it found
Definition
compost
moldy marijuana
Term
aspergillus: structure
Definition
dicotomously branching, acute angles, septate
Term
aspergillosis: who does it infectic, what does it cause, 3 complications
Definition
infects immune compormised causing necrotic pneumonia

vascular invasion, necrosis, infarct
hematolymphoid malignancies
systemic dissemination to brain
Term
allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: who does it infect, what does it cause, 2 cellular signs
Definition
infects pt with asthma causing type I hypersensitivity in bronchi

IgE Ab to aspergillus, increased eosinophils
Term
aspergilloma: appearance, location, effects, 2 complications
Definition
fungus ball colonizing pulmonary cavity causes mass that acts as ball valve causing occlusion

increases risk for infection and hemoptysis
Term
3 non infectious pulmonary infiltrates common in HIV
Definition
kaposki sarcoma
pulmonary non-hodgkin lymphoma
primary lung cancer
Term
most common infection in HIV CD4>200
Definition
bacterial, TB
Term
most common infection in HIV CD4<200
Definition
PJP
Term
most common infection in HIV CD4<50 2
Definition
CMV
MAC
Term
what type of pneumonia causes cells with owl eyes
Definition
CMV
Term
what type of pneumonia causes ARDS as a complication
Definition
CMV
Term
what type of pneumonia causes pseudomembrane colitis
Definition
CMV
Term
what type of pneumonia causes retinitis
Definition
CMV
Term
what type of pneumonia causes mild hepatitis
Definition
CMV
Term
what type of pneumonia causes cotton candy exudate (intraalveolar, foamy, pink staining)
Definition
PJP
Term
what type of pneumonia causes round to cup shaped cysts (thick septa with edema and monocytes)
Definition
PJP
Term
what type of pneumonia causes honeycomb and ground glass lung
Definition
PJP
Term
what type of microbe has thicke gelatenus halo on stain
Definition
cryptococcus neoformans
Term
what type of pneumonia causes vascular invasion, necrosis, infarct, hematolymphoid malignancies
Definition
molds: mucor, rhizopus
aspergillosis
Term
what type of pneumonia causes necrosis on the face, hemorhage in nose and eyes
Definition
molds: mucor and rhizopus
Term
what type of pneumonia becomes fulimant invasive in ketoacidosis
Definition
molds: mucor, rhizopus
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