Question

Questions: 1. Define the term, pneumothorax. 2. Which bacteria typically respond to azithromycin? Highlight all that apply. (see example a") d. Legionella spp. e. Rickettsia spp. f. Chlamydia spp. Which bacteria typically respond to cephalosporins like ceftriaxone? a. Gram negative b. Gram positive C. Mycoplasmas 3. a. Gram negative b. Gram positive c. Mycoplasmas d. Enterobacteriaceae Pneumocytis jiroveci infection is not a common infection. What conditions usually predispose patients to Pneumocytis jiroveci infection? 4. 5. Which dimorphic fungi can cause pulmonary and disseminated (systemic) infections? 6. Where are these fungi endemic? 7. The Warthin-Starry stain is primarily used to stain which type of bacteria? 8. Having ruled out fungi, acid fast bacilli, other bacterial causes, what other types of microbes should be considered in HIV positive patients? What viral infection is associated with large intranuclear cytoplasmic inclusions with a surrounding halo? 9.

Answer 1

ANSWERS:-

1. Pneumothorax refers to presence of air filled in the pleural cavity due to some injury, causing the lung to collapse.

2. a. gram positive

    b. gram negative

    c. mycoplasma

   f. chlamydia spp.

3.b. gram positive

   e. pseudomonas aeroginosa

4. Pneumocystis jiroveci occurs in immunocompromised pateints

5. candida albicans