ILOs
- describe the bacterial causes of upper and lower respiratory tract infections
- describe the diagnosis of bacterial upper and lower respiratory tract infections
- describe the treatment of bacterial upper and lower respiratory tract infection
- appreciate the differences between typical and atypical pneumonia
- Outline the epidemiology of community acquired and hospital acquired pneumonia…
- How does the prevalance of pneumonia vary with age?
- Outline the pathogenesis of pneumonia…
Community Acquired Pneumonia
- Which organisms can cause this, and how do we divide them?
- What is the number 1 cause of community acquired pneumonia, and what are the characteristic features of it on identification?
- Outline the risk factors for this number 1 cause…
- How do we treat this type of pneumonia?
- Who is haemophilus influenzae more common in, and what does it look like on gram staining?
- Where does haemophilus influenzae colonise?
- How do we treat haemophilus influenzae?
- Who does moraxella catarrhalis tend to affect?
- How does moraxella catarrhalis appear on gram staining, and how do we treat it?
- What is mycoplasma pneumoniae?