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, What are the symptoms of atypical pneumonia? - ✔✔gradual onset, low grade fever, headache, sore throat,
cough, wheezing, rash (sometimes),
What will you see on the chest xray of a patient with atypical pneumonia? - ✔✔interstitial to patchy infiltrates
What are the symptoms of viral pneumonia influenza? - ✔✔fever, cough, pleurisy, SOB, scant sputum
production, myalgias
What would you expect on a physical exam for a patient with viral pneumonia? - ✔✔diminished breath sounds,
rales
What are causative pathogens of CAP? - ✔✔Streptococcus pneumoniae (gram+) (most common)
H. influenzae (gram-)
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Respiratory viruses (influenza, parainfluenza, RSV)
What are the symptoms of acute bronchitis? - ✔✔paroxysms of dry and severe cough that interrupts sleep,
cough may be dry or productive, light colored sputum, symptoms can last up to 4-6wks
What is the treatment for acute bronchitis? - ✔✔symptomatic
What are the symptoms of tuberculosis (TB disease)? - ✔✔cough lasting 3+ wks, pleuritic chest pain,
hemoptysis with fatigue, weight loss, anorexia, fever/chills, night sweats
What are the risk factors for tuberculosis? - ✔✔HIV, immunocompromised, TB exposure, homeless,
incarceration
What are the most contagious forms of TB - ✔✔-pulmonary
-pleural
-laryngeal
What will the CXR show on a patient with TB? - ✔✔cavitations and adenopathy and granulomas on the hila of
the lungs
What are the different types of TB? - ✔✔-tuberculosis infection (latent)
-tuberculosis disease (active)
-military TB (disseminated TB disease)
-multidrug resistant TB (MDRTB)
What is tuberculosis infection? - ✔✔AKA latent TB infection. An intact immune system causes macrophages to
sequester the bacteria in the lymph nodes (mediastinum) in the form of granulomas. Asymptomatic and non
infectious.
What is tuberculosis disease? - ✔✔AKA active TB. The presence of symptoms reflecting illness from M.
tuberculosis. TB bacteria are actively replicating and damaging the body. Contagious