DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM CHAPTER 21
Anatomy Review Upper Respiratory Tract (URT) Lower Respiratory Tract (LRT)
Anatomy Review Ears
URT Bacterial Diseases Streptococcal Pharyngitis - strep throat Streptococcus pyogenes
URT Bacterial Diseases Laryngitis/Epiglottitis Haemophilus influenzae Steptococcus pneumoniae Sinusitis above + Moraxella catarhallis and Staphyloccus aureus Rapid strep test
URT Bacterial Diseases (cont.) Bronchitis Diphtheria pseudomembrane
Bacterial Ear Infections Pseudomonads
URT Viral Diseases Common Cold rhinovirus, a type of picornavirus Parainfluenza (Croup) -Second major cause in juvenile respiratory LRT disease
LRT Bacterial Diseases Whooping Cough Bordatella pertussis
Bacterial Pneumonia Classic Mycoplasma Walking pneumonia Streptococcus pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae Mycoplasma Walking pneumonia
Legionnaire’s Disease Legionella pneumophila
Tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis
LRT Viral Diseases — Influenza
Influenzavirus Structrue
SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus positive-strand, enveloped RNA viruses that are important pathogens of mammals and birds
LRT Viral Diseases RSV- Human respiratory syncytial virus common in infants, particularly preemies Paramyxoviridae (RNA) by 2-3 almost all have had it. Hantavirus -Bunyaviridae (-ssRNA) inhaled rodent feces. Hemorragic