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Pneumonia Q’s

Pneumonia Q’s. List the 4 histological stages of lobar pneumonia: Congestion Red hepatisation Gray hepatisation Resolution. Which organism is the most common cause of community-acquired bronchopneumonia? S.pneumoniae. Name 4 possible complications of bacterial pneumonia:

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Pneumonia Q’s

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  1. Pneumonia Q’s

  2. List the 4 histological stages of lobar pneumonia: • Congestion • Red hepatisation • Gray hepatisation • Resolution

  3. Which organism is the most common cause of community-acquired bronchopneumonia? • S.pneumoniae

  4. Name 4 possible complications of bacterial pneumonia: • Abscess formation • Spread of the infection to the pleura • Organisation of the exudate (replacement by fibroblasts) • Bacteraemia, with infection spread to ditant sites

  5. Name 4 possible aetiological mechanisms for the formation of an abscess: • Aspiration of infected material • Septic embolism • Direct trauma • Spread from adjacent structures

  6. Define the following terms with 1 sentence each: • Primary TB • The infection occurs in an individual not previously exposed and sensitised to tubercule bacilli • Secondary TB • TB which has become clinically evident in an individual already sensitisedto the tubercle bacillus

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