infections of the respiratory tract
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Infections of the Respiratory Tract. Dr. Raid Jastania. Infections of the Respiratory Tract. Upper Respiratory Tract Lower Respiratory Tract Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, T.B, Parasitic Most URT infections are viral Most LRT infections are bacterial. Upper Respiratory Tract Infections. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Infections of the Respiratory Tract
Dr. Raid Jastania
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Infections of the Respiratory Tract
• Upper Respiratory Tract
• Lower Respiratory Tract
• Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, T.B, Parasitic– Most URT infections are viral– Most LRT infections are bacterial
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Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
• Common cold (Acute coryza)– Viral infection of URT– Organisms:
• Rhinoviruses: Coronaviruses, Enteroviruses, Adenoviruses, Respiratory syncytial virus)
• Influenza A and B
• Croup (Parainfluenza 1,2,3)
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Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
• Tonsillitis (mostly bacterial)• Otitis media (mostly bacterial)• Epiglottitis• Laryngitis• Laryngotrachiobronchitis• Bronchitis• Bronchiolitis• Pneumonia
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Pneumonia• Pneumonia is inflammation of the lung
(lower respiratory tract) caused mainly by infection.– Pneumonia can be caused by Bacterial infection
and less commonly by other organisms eg. Viruses, Fungi
– The term Pneumonia is sometimes used to indicated inflammation of lungs due to other causes eg. Including interstitial lung disease (interstitial pneumonia)
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Types of Pneumonia
• Different ways of classification
– Problematic, confusing
– Classification is Based on
• etiology,
• anatomic site involved,
• clinical presentation,
• pathological type of inflammation
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Types of Pneumonia
• One of the classification divides pneumonia into:– Primary (community-acquired)– Secondary – Others
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Types of Pneumonia
• One of the classification divides pneumonia into:– Primary (community-acquired)
• Typical pneumonia– Lobar pneumonia
– Bronchopneumonia
• Atypical pneumonia
– Secondary • Aspiration pneumonia
• Nosocomial (hospital-acquired) pneumonia
• Pneumonia in immunosuppression
– Others:• Chronic pneumonia
• Necrotizing pneumonia/Supporative pneumonia/Lung Abscess
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Risk of Pneumonia
• Underlying disease– COPD– Heart failure– Diabetes
• Immunodeficiency
• Absent splenic function (sickle cell disease)
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Primary, Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Typical Pneumonia
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Clinical Presentation• Fever, rigor, malaise, weakness, vomiting, loss of
appetite, headache• Cough with sputum• Dyspnea• Chest pain, pleuritic pain• Sick, ill , distressed• High respiratory rate >30 / mint• In lobar pneumonia: localized area of dullness on
percussion, increased tactile fremitus, bronchial breath sounds, and crepitation, pleural rub
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Morphology• Common in lower lobes and right middle lobe• In Lobar pneumonia: there is a localized area of
inflammation• Stages:
– Congestion• Vascular congestion, edema, few neutrophils
– Red hepatization• Fibrin, RBC, neutrophils in alveolar spaces
– Gray hepatization• Fibrin, RBC lysis
– Resolution
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• Bronchopneumonia– Inflammation of the bronchi and bronchioles
with collapse of the distal airspaces– Multiple, patchy bilateral small infiltrates– Affect lower lobes usually
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Outcome and complications
• Resolution
• Fibrosis
• Abscess
• Empyema
• Dissemination of infection– Meningitis, arthritis, endocarditis
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Investigations
• CBC
• Arterial blood gases
• Radiological exam: chest x-ray
• Sputum exam and culture
• Nose and throat swabs
• Blood culture
• Serological tests
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• Pneumonia: Features of different organisms (community-acquired pneumonia)– Strep. Pneumoniae
• commonest
– Staph. Aureus• Common following viral infection• Risk of complications: abscess• Common in IV drug abusers
– Legionella• Legionnaire’s disease, epidimics• Grow in water reservoir, humidifiers• People with heat disease, renal disease, immunosuppressed• Presentation with GIT symptoms, mental confusion
– Hemophilus influenzae• Common in COPD, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, cystic
fibrosis
– Klebsiella• Chronic alcoholics and malnourished persons
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Primary, Community-Acquired Pneumona
Atypical Pneumonia
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Atypical Pneumonia
• Viruses, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia• Fever and malaise precede the respiratory
symptoms by few days• Severe headache, malaise, anorexia• No localized sings on chest exam, No
consolidation on chest x-ray• Spleen may be enlarged• WBC normal, cultures negative• No improvement with Penicillin
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– Atypical Pneumonia (community-acquired)
• Mycoplasma
–Sporadic or epidemics
• Viruses
–Influenza, Parainfluenza, Adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, measles, chicken pox
• Chlamydia
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Atypical pneumonia
• Morphology:– Patchy or involve whole lobe– Inflammation is confined to the alveolar walls– Widening of alveolar walls by edema,
mononuclear cell infiltration (lymphocytes, plasma cells, macrophages)
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Secondary Pneumonia
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• Secondary pneumonia
• Aspiration pneumonia
• Nosocomial (hospital-acquired) pneumonia
• Pneumonia in immunosuppression
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Secondary Pneumonia• Pre-existing disease of lung or factors
increasing the risk of infection– Low virulence organisms: Hemophilus
infleunzae, viruses, fungi– Anaerobic bacteria– Gram negative bacteria– Staph aureus– All the others in commuity-acquired
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Aspiration Pneumonia
– Aspiration of gastric contents
– During surgery, anesthesia, surgery of tonsils, dental work
– Infection following Aspiration of vomitus in coma, anesthesia, or sleep
– Ineffective coughing (post operative)
– Can result in severe hemorrhage in lungs
– Chemical injury + infection (Anaerobic)
– Destruction of lung parenchyma with cavitations
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Nosocomial Pneumonia
– Patients admitted to hospital– Organisms
• Same as community acquired and
• Gram-negative (Klebsiella, E.coli, Pseudomonas)
• Staph. Aureus
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Pneumonia in Immunosuppression
• Congenital or acquired• AIDS, Immunosuppression• Humoral and Cellular immunity• Infection by
– Pneumocystis carinii– Gram negative bacteria– The common bacteria– Opportunistic pathogens: CMV, Herpes, Aspergillus,
TB, mycobacteria
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Lung Abscess
• Suppurative pneumonia
• Necrotizing pneumonia
• Cavity
• Localized suppurative necrosis
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Lung Abscess
• Mechanisms:– Aspiration of infective material: teeth, tonils,
coma, alcoholics– Aspiration of gastric conetnets– Complication of necrotizing pneumonia– Bronchial obstruction– Septic emboli– Hematogenous spread
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Lung Abscess
• Morphology– Cavity 1-2mm to 5-6 cm
– Filled with pus, cellular debris
– Surrounded by fibrosis and chronic inflammation
– Aspiration tend to involve the right lung
– May rupture in airways resulting in Air-fluid levels
– May rupture in pleura resulting in pneumothorax and empyema