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Rhinovirus


  • Virus
  • Common cold
  • Sneezing, watery nose, congestion, lasts about a week
  • Not NN
  • No vaccine

RSV


  • Virus
  • Common cold, RSV
  • Most will have typical coughing and wheezing lasting more than a week. Very common, all will have by age 2, rarely lethal
  • Not NN
  • Vaccine

Streptococcus pneumoniae


  • GP diplococcus
  • Pneumonia, sinusitis, otitis media
  • Pneumonia - high fever, acute onset, chest pain, rust color sputum; ear/sinus - no unique
  • NN, if invasive
  • Vaccine

Corynebacterium diptheriae


  • GP bacillus, palisades arrangement
  • Diphtheria
  • Tough grayish membrane in throat over tonsils, toxin production results in system damage
  • NN
  • Vaccine

Bordatella pertussis


  • GN bacillus
  • Whooping cough (pertussis)
  • Initially resembles common cold, eventually leading to distinct coughing pattern that can cause brain damage from oxygen depletion if left untreated
  • NN
  • Vaccine

Mycoplasma pnumoniae

Bacteria with no cell wall


Mycoplasmal pneumonia (atypical/walking pneumonia)


Slower onset, less fever and chest pain than typical pneumonia


Not NN


No vaccine

Mycobacterium tuberculosis


  • Acid fast positive bacteria
  • TB (tuberculosis)
  • During latent period no symptoms can be seen. Tubercles can be seen in lung tissue; chronic - coughing, bloody sputum, system wide dissemination leading to weight loss and loss of vigor (consumption)
  • NN
  • Vaccine, but not given

Legionella pneumonphila


  • GN bacillus
  • Legionnaire's disease/legionella/Pontiac fever
  • Cough, shortness of breath, high fever, muscle aches, headaches
  • NN
  • No vaccine

Aspergillus


  • Fungi
  • Sinusitis
  • Nasal congestion, pressure above nose, headache/toothache
  • Not NN
  • No vaccine

Bipolaris


  • Fungi
  • Sinusitis
  • Nasal congestion, pressure above nose, headache/toothache
  • Not NN
  • No vaccine

Mucor


  • Fungi
  • Sinusitis
  • Nasal congestion, pressure above nose, headache/toothache
  • Not NN
  • No vaccine

Histoplasma capsulatum

Fungi


Histoplasmosis


Latent to subacute in immunocompentent patients; pneumonia in immunocomprimised - resembles TB in x-rays, yeast-like form found in macrophages


Not NN


No vaccine