1
Q
Nocardia generally live where?
A
soil, and water
2
Q
Microbiology
A
Gram positive, branching head, aerobic, partially acid fast (short mycolic acid chain)
3
Q
How do you acquire Nocardia
A
Inhaled or cutaneous skin wound in infected soil
4
Q
What does a nocardiosis pulmonary infection look like
A
A lot like TB….hemoptysis, fever, night sweats, chest pain, abcesses
5
Q
Dx
A
smear/culture on BCYE (yeast extract + activated charcoal, gram stain, acid fast to confirm its not actinomyces
6
Q
Treat
A
SULFAS
Pulmonology
flashcards
Decks in class (41)
# Cards
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ARDS12
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Control of Breathing- Phys19
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Pharm Intro15
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Coronavirus16
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Paramyxovirus15
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Neonatal, developmental, vascular lung disease37
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Obstructive and Restrictive Pulm Disease24
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Pneumonia13
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Restrictive Lung Disease/ Muthiah27
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Asthma25
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Pulm Micro117
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Sepsis Mathiah19
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Drugs for Restrictive Lung Disease and Pulm Artery HTN32
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Pulmonary Function Tests0
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Cough suppresants, mucolytics, decongestants23
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Treatment of COPD and Asthma8
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Nichols Doc137
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DVT and PE12
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Robbins questions points15
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Sleep Medicine11
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Pulmonary Neoplasms26
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Drugs to Treat Bacterial Infections20
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Acinetobacter Baumanii9
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Corynebacterium Diptheriae10
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Tularemia6
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Respiratory Bacterial zoonoses22
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Hantavirus6
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Lung Cancer Pharm45
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Physiology64
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TB Pharm14
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Bordetella pertussis8
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Fungal Infections13
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Adenovirus8
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Actinomyces8
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Nocardia6
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Mycoplasma, Chalmydia, Legionella11
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Muthiah's questions47
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Pleural Diseases25
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Rhinovirus9
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Microbiology in general4
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Anti-Histamines13
