BUGS
This organism doesn't show up well on Gram stain because it lacks a cell wall.
Who is Mycoplasma pneumoniae?
Treatment usually begins with two agents due to notorious resistance (e.g., a beta-lactam plus an aminoglycoside or fluoroquinolone).
Who is Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
These are the five major causes of health-care associated pneumonia (HCAP).
What are patients who reside in a nursing home, undergo chronic dialysis, have had recent hospitalization within 90 days, are immunocompromised or receive home infusion therapy/ wound care?
A immunocompromised patient presents with tachypnea, dyspnea, and respiratory distress. In addition, there is disproportionate hypoxia. I am the main drug used to treat this patient’s bug.
What is Bactrim?
What is a historic seasonal nickname for pneumonia?
What is the Winter Fever?
I am the causative agent for Valley fever.
Who is Coccidiodomycosis?
First line treatment includes fluoroquinolones or advanced macrolides.
Who is Legionella pneumophilia?
We are the two bugs for which one might want to do urine antigen testing.
Who are Legionella pneumophilia and Streptococcus pneumoniae?
A patient has a CFTR mutation and a sweat chloride test of 62 mmol/L. I am a pathogen that can lead to severe pulmonary complications in this patient.
Who is Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
The person to first described the symptoms of pneumonia, describing it as "peripneumonia".
Who is Hippocrates (400BC)?
I am a type of pneumonia that is seen in farmers responsible for Q fever!
Who is Coxiella burnetti?
I am a class of drugs that inhibit cytochrome P450 leading to increases in serum concentration of several drugs.
Who are the macrolides?
I am the bug that causes bullous myringitis.
Who is Mycoplasma pneumoniae?
Highest risk population of CMV pneumonia include these populations.
What are recipients of bone marrow/ stem cell transplants and solid organ transplants?
This famous Southern general died of pneumonia following recovery from friendly fire wounds.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
I am a rare, severe fungal infection that can infect the lungs but often starts in the sinuses or skin.
Who is Mucormycosis?
I am a drug class that covers both atypical and typical bugs but unfortunately can't be used for children because I cause damage to growing cartilage.
Who are the quinolones?
I am the most common type of bacteria that causes a type of pneumonia characterized by diffuse interstitial infiltrates (mononuclear-rich).
Who is Mycoplasma pneumonia?
A college student has an acute onset of fever, chills, and chest pain after cleaning out his family farm's chicken coop.
What is Histoplasmosis capsulatum?
This 9th U.S. President died 31 days into his term.
Who is William Henry Harrison (1841)?
It's a bird... it's a plane... A bug associated with birds.
Who is Chlamydia psittaci?
Two main toxicities and one rare one from this drug used to treat MRSA.
What are nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity (main) and red man syndrome (rare due to histamine release)!
I am the bug that is better seen upon staining with methenamine silver stain (GMS).
Who is Pneumocystis jirovecii?
Diagnosed by ruling out other causes of pneumonia, and is not caused by an infection, often requiring a lung biopsy.
What is cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP)? Associated with connective tissue disease, medication reactions (nitrofurantoin) or radiation therapy.
Dubbed pneumonia "The old man's friend" in the 19th century due to its high fatality among the elderly.
Who is Sir William Osler?