Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System

Learning can be a bridge between doing and thinking. But there is a danger that the person who uses learning as a bridge between doing and thinking may get stuck in learning and never get into thinking Laura Riding Jackson

Who am I? Although I coined the term complement I am most famous for developing the concept that the body will do everything possible to avoid and auto immune response. I shared the Nobel Prize in 1908 with Elie Metchnifkoff.

OUTLINE/SUMMARY

Viral Diseases of the Upper Respiratory Tract

• Common cold

Bacterial Diseases of the Upper Respiratory Tract

• Strep throat
• Scarlet Fever
• Diptheria
• Otitis Media

Viral Diseases of the Lower Respiratory Tract

• Influenza
• paraflu
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Fungal Diseases of the Lower Respiratory Tract

• Histoplasmosis
• Coccidiomycosis
• Pneumocystis pneumonia
• Blastomycosis

Bacterial Diseases of the Lower Respiratory Tract

• Whooping cough (pertussis)
• Tuberculosis

Bacterial Pneumonia

• Pneumococcus
• Hemophilud influenza
• Mycoplasma
• Legionella
• Psittacosis
• Chlamydia
• Q fever
• Staphylococcus
• Streptococcus
• Klebsiella
• Moraxella
• Pseudomonas

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Construct a table that shows the microbial diseases of the respiratory system and the pathogen that causes them. Include Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, and Protozoan diseases.

Construct a table that shows the microbial diseases of the upper respiratory system and the pathogen that causes them. Include Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, and Protozoan diseases.Describe how microbes are prevented from entering the respiratory system

Construct a table that shows the microbial diseases of the lower respiratory system and the pathogen that causes them. Include Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, and Protozoan diseases.Differentiate among pharyngitis, larngitis, tonsillitis, and simusitis.

Compare and contrast bacterial and viral pneumonia with specific examples of each.

List the causative agent, mode of transmission, preferred treatment of three fungal, three viral and three bacterial repiratory infections or diseases

Compare and contrast mycoplasma pneumonia with viral pneumonia..

A patient is diagnosed as having pneumonia. Is this sufficient information to begin treatment with antimicrobial agents? Discuss why or why not.

Discuss the reasons forr the increased incdidence of colds and pneumonias during cold weather