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Lung Infections/Pneumonia
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Microbiology
Graduate
05/29/2012

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Term
Common cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised patients
Definition
Pneumocystis jirovecii
Term
Most common cause of atypical/walking pneumonia
Definition
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Term
Common causative agent for pneumonia in alcoholics
Definition
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Term
Can cause interstitial pneumonia in bird handlers
Definition
Chlamydia psitacchi
Term
Often the cause of pneumonia in a patient with a history of exposure to bat droppings
Definition
Histoplasma capsulatum
Term
Often the cause of pneumonia in a patient who has recently visited So. Cali, New Mexico or West Texas
Definition
Coccidiodes
Term
Pneumonia associated with currant jelly sputum
Definition
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Term
Q fever
Definition
Coxiella burnetti
Term
Associated with pneumonia acquired from air conditioners
Definition
Leigionella pneumophila
Term
Most common cause of pneumonia in children 1 year old or younger
Definition
RSV
Term
Most common cause of pneumonia in the neonate (B-28d)
Definition
Group B Strep or E. coli
Term
Most common cause of pneumonia in children and young adults (including college students, military recruits, and prison inmates)
Definition
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Term
Common cause of pneumonia in patients with other health problems
Definition
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Term
Most common cause of viral pneumonia
Definition
RSV
Term
Causes a wool-sorters disease (a life threatening pneumonia)
Definition
Bacillus anthracis
Term
Endogenous flora in 20% of adults
Definition
Strep pneumoniae
Term
Common bacterial cause of COPD exacerbations
Definition
Haemophilus influenza
Term
common pneumonia in ventilator patients and those with CF
Definition
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Term
Pontiac fever
Definition
Leigionella pneumophila
Term
Lobar pneumonia
Definition
Pneumococcus, Klebsiella
Term
Bronchopneumoniae
Definition
S. aureus
H. flu
Klebsiella
S. pyogenes
Term
Interstitial (atypical) pneumonia
Definition
Viral = MC (RSV, adenovirus)
Bacterial = mycoplasma, legionella, Chlamydia
Term
"Rusty colored sputum"
Definition
Strep pneumo
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