Exam 22: Pulmonary Infections

What organism is associated with the highest mortality rate for patients with pneumonia?

What antibiotic is the drug of choice for the patient with nonresistant S. pneumoniae?

What finding on the chest radiograph is typical for a viral pneumonia?

Which of the following would be associated with a fatal outcome in a patient with pneumonia who is mechanically ventilated?

Which of the following organisms that cause pneumonia is most likely to result in a positive blood culture?

In what percentage of patients with pneumonia has NO microbial agent been isolated?

The chest radiograph is often of little help in the diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU because these individuals often have other reasons for radiographic abnormalities.

Rapidly spreading multilobar consolidation is typical for what type of pneumonia?

Which of the following clinical conditions are often associated with a normal chest radiograph in the patient with pneumonia? I.dehydration II.early infection III.Klebsiella pneumonia IV.Pneumocystis jiroveci infection

What clinical finding should raise your suspicion that a patient has developed hospital acquired pneumonia?

Which of the following organisms have been found to colonize the oropharynx of healthy individuals?

What type of lung infection is most commonly associated with cavitating lesions on the chest radiograph?

What has been found to be a common cause of pneumonia in HIV-positive patients?

What is an often-neglected but very important component of preventing transmission of pathogens between patients, particularly those who are ventilated?

A patient presents with high fever, teeth-chattering chills, pleuritic pain, and a cough producing rust-colored sputum. What pathogen should be suspected?

What finding is usually used to confirm the diagnosis of pneumonia?

In what type of pneumonia is diarrhea a common symptom?

What might be indicated by failure of the patient's temperature to normalize 4 or 5 days after the start of antibiotic therapy? I.closed-space infection II.drug fever III.missed pathogen

If an HIV-infected patient has an adverse reaction to the treatment of choice for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, what treatment should be instituted?

Your patient has community-acquired bacterial pneumonia. Which of the following symptoms are common with this type of pneumonia? I.cough with purulent sputum II.diarrhea III.high fever IV.shaking chills