capsule is resistant to phagocytosis and lysis. If the host has the H. influenza in its body and it is unencapsulated‚ it can still cause inflammation. H. influenza can cause a lot of diseases but a few of the most common are bacteremia and pneumonia. Two of the most dangerous diseases that can affect mostly children is meningitis and epiglottitis‚ both are life threatening. Some of the unencapsulated strains can cause ear and eye infections and sometimes
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aid respiration by increasing chest expansion‚ diaphragmatic paralysis or abdominal disassociation. Cyanosis Examination of the tongue differentiates central from peripheral cyanosis. Significant ventilation-perfusion imbalance‚ such as pneumonia‚ COPD and pulmonary embolism‚ may cause reduced arterial oxygen saturation. Cyanosis becomes evident when SaO2 falls below 90% in a person with a normal Hb level. Absence of cyanosis does not exclude hypoxia Cough Evidence of haemoptysis or sputum
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Jess Fritsche Leptospira interrogans; Leishmania donovani; Legionella pneumophila Leptospira interrogans are flexible‚ gram-negative spirochetes (spiral or cork-screw bacteria) with internal flagella that they use to propel themselves by twisting back and forth 1. “They are motile‚ with hooked ends and paired axial flagella (one on each end)‚ enabling them to burrow into tissue. Motion is marked by continual spinning on the long axis” 2. Leptospira cells are encased in a three to five layer
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B are the ones that cause national widespread epidemics causing hospitalizations. Type C has a severity of a lesser degree. Type C is mostly similar to a common cold. Children and ages 65 & over are the most affected by H3N2. Mortality rates for pneumonia and influenza peaked recently and since then has been seen to be dipping low. The following are some stats based on deaths due to influenza in the US: Last 25 years – 3000 to 4000 deaths‚ a typical bad year: 10‚000 deaths since September 2012‚ nationally
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For example pneumonia’s general symptoms are coughing‚ having a hard time with breathing. But usually patients with pneumonia would use antibiotic because of the high cure rate for pneumonia. Also when the symptom does worsen‚ doctors would have to change the amount of medicine to use each day. This is similar to asthma‚ because the patient would have to change medicine if the symptoms worsen. For bronchitis
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stated characteristics: A. Varicella ____Major risk for fetus: demise‚ IUGR‚ cardiac‚ eye and ear defects. B. Coxsackie ____Mumps‚ with complications of orchitis‚ unilateral deafness C. Diptheria ____A gram positive diplococcus causes pneumonia‚ OM‚bacteremia & meningigits. D. Erythema Infectiousum ____Whooping cough; paroxysmal cough‚ esp nocturnal. E. HIB ____Epstein-Barr virus; herpes group. Accompanied by hepatosplenomegaly‚ Fever‚ tonsillitis‚ lymphadenopathy
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health. The patients we care for are of great importance and responsibly to us as the caretaker. With this in mind‚ I would like to show what carelessness and oversight can result in. Arsula Samson was an 80 year old mother of four. She developed pneumonia and checked in to Good Hope Hospital‚ Birmingham to be treated in the intensive care unit. While being treated for low serum potassium levels her nurse Mrs. Lisa Sparrow‚ RN entered an incorrect time frame on the infusion pump giving her a fatal
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medical records with a diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia. I was astounded to find that 65% of all the medical records researched were not supported by the proper documentation. When I questioned the staff they stated that the Medical Chief of Respiratory Medicine informed them that “there are other ways to determine bacterial pneumonia other than a lab culture”. They further stated that they were told that they should just assign the code for bacterial pneumonia. It may be the staff nor is the Medical
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the gliding process is impeded and you are suffering from pleurisy. Pleurisy is actually a symptom of an underlying disease rather than a disease in itself. The pleurae may become inflamed as a complication of a lung or chest infection such as pneumonia or tuberculosis‚ or the inflammation may be caused by a slight pneumothorax or chest injury. The pleural inflammation sometimes creates a further complication by causing fluid to seep into the pleural space‚ resulting in a condition known as pleural
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is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses. Flu can occasionally lead to pneumonia‚ either direct viral pneumonia or secondary bacterial pneumonia‚ even for persons who are usually very healthy.[4][5][6] In particular it is a warning sign if a child (or presumably an adult) seems to be getting better and then relapses with a high fever as this relapse may be bacterial pneumonia.[7] Another warning sign is if the person starts to have trouble breathing.[6] influenza is transmitted
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