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LRT Exam 2 Diseases Questions With Complete Solutions
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LRT Exam 2 Diseases Questions With Complete Solutions
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LRT Exam 2 Diseases Questions With Complete SolutionsCan VIRAL PNEUMONIA promote secondary bacterial
pneumonias (pathogenesis) Correct Answers Yes
How do you DIAGNOSE BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA?
Correct Answers For pneumonia in general:
S&S
stethoscope exam
CHR
For bacteria or fungi:
try to ID pathogen by culture or immunologically
How do you DIAGNOSE VIRAL PNEUMONIA Correct
Answers S&S
CXR
blood cultures/sputum cultures to rule out bacterial or other
etiologies
How do you TREAT BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA? Correct
Answers abx
vaccines for S. pneumoniae for young and old (protects against
most common strains)
How do you TREAT VIRAL PNEUMONIA? Correct Answers
no vaccines
supportive care
severe cases = hospitalization
,How is VIRAL PNEUMONIA TRANSMITTED? Correct
Answers -mainly direct inhalation into LRT of respiratory
droplets from infected people
-spread from URT to LRT along respiratory epithelial cells
How many people die from bacterial pneumonia annually?
(epidemiology) Correct Answers 50,000
How many people die worldwide from bacterial pneumonia?
(epidemiology) Correct Answers several million
How many people each year get bacterial pneumonia in the US
(epidemiology) Correct Answers 2-5 million
True or False: bacterial pneumonia is responsible for 50% of
hospitalizations each year in the US (epidemiology) Correct
Answers FALSE: bacterial pneumonia is responsible for 10%
of hospitalizations each year in the US
True or False: Chlamydia pneumoniae is a small, G- bacteria
(bacteria pneumonia etiology) Correct Answers TRUE
True or False: Chlamydia pneumoniae is not related to, but is the
same as C. trachomatis (bacterial pneumonia etiology) Correct
Answers FALSE: Chlamydia pneumoniae is related to, but is
not the same as C. trachomatis
True or False: H. influenzae is a G+ bacteria (bacterial
pneumonia etiology) Correct Answers FALSE: H. influenzae is
a G- bacteria
,True or False: in VIRAL PNEUMONIA, the exact etiology is
always known Correct Answers FALSE: in viral pneumonia,
the etiology is RARELY KNOWN (if you can't ID other causes,
assume it is a viral etiology)
True or False: it is easy to diagnose pneumonia, but not to
diagnose the cause Correct Answers TRUE - it is hard to
diagnose the cause of pneumonia (viral/bacteria) but easy to
diagnose pneumonia
True or False: Klebsiella pneumoniae is a G- bacillus without a
capsule and is more common and less serious than G+ etiologies
of bacterial pneumonia (etiology) Correct Answers FALSE:
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a G- bacillus WITH a capsule, is
LESS common, but MORE SERIOUS than G+ etiologies of
bacterial pneumonia
True or False: Legionella penumophila has flagella (bacterial
pneumonia etiology) Correct Answers TRUE
True or False: Legionella pneumophila can replicate outside of
and inside certain cells in bacterial pneumonia (bacterial
pneumonia etiology) Correct Answers TRUE
True or False: most adult cases of pneumonia are due to
VIRUSES or secondary bacterial invaders Correct Answers
FALSE: most CHILDHOOD cases are due to viruses or
secondary bacterial invaders
, True or False: most adult cases of pneumonia are mostly
BACTERIAL or other, and not as much virally related Correct
Answers TRUE
True or False: most cases of VIRAL PNEUMONIA recover
within 48 hours (pathogenesis) Correct Answers FALSE:
recovery is 1-3 weeks
True or False: Mycoplasma penumoniae is a strict aerobe and
produces several toxins (bacterial pneumonia etiology) Correct
Answers TRUE
True or False: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a wall-less bacterium
(bacterial pneumonia etiology) Correct Answers TRUE
True or False: Pseudomonas aeruginosa has a capsule (bacterial
pneumonia etiology) Correct Answers TRUE
True or False: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a G- bacillus
(bacterial pneumonia etiology) Correct Answers TRUE
True or False: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is found widely in
nature (in soil, water, plants, animals) (bacterial pneumonia
etiology) Correct Answers TRUE
True or False: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is NOT an opportunistic
pathogen (bacterial pneumonia etiology) Correct Answers
FALSE - it is an opportunistic pathogen
True or False: S. aureus is the more common cause of bacterial
pneumonia (bacterial pneumonia etiology) Correct Answers
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