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Flashcards by gina_evans0312, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by gina_evans0312
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Upper RT Infection- Locations | Nasal cavity, pharynx & tonsils |
| Upper RT Infection- Agent | Viruses- so no antibiotics |
| Lower RT Infection- Location | Bronchi and lungs |
| Lower RT Infection- Agents | Tend to be bacterial |
| Pneumonia- Characteristics | Alveoli become fluid filled |
| Pneumonia- Acquisition | Different settings- Community & Nosocomial (Hospital Acquired) caused by 2 different bugs |
| Atypical Pneumonia- Difficulty | Symptoms aren't typical so hard to diagnose |
| Atypical Pneumonia- Agents | Vary greatly, so antibiotics vary greatly |
| Legionella pneumophillia- Gram Staining | Gram -ve rod |
| Legionella pneumophillia- Mortality | Higher mortality than other strains |
| Legionella pneumophillia- Vaccine | Related to its ability to divide in macrophages |
| Legionella pneumophillia- Macrophage Invasion | After phagocytosis, it compartmentalises arund mitochondria and ER vesibles (Forming an LCV) |
| Legionella pneumophillia- Immune Avoidance | Can avoid the innate immunity, but is detected by the t-lyphocytes of the adaptive |
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