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 Child comes in with fever, rigors, myaglia and headache of abrupt onset and is now having trouble breathing. Worst virus is this most likely? what makes this virus so dangerous? |
Influenza A
eight segments that can infect other species and undergo antigenic shift H5N1 (bird flu), H1N1 (swine flu) |
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Adult pt in december/march with fever, rigors, myaglia and headache of abrupt onset followed by a soar throat with dry cough. He did not get vaccinated for the fly this year.
What Orthomyxovirus virueses could be have? What are major complications in adults? In kids? (5) |
Influenza A, B,C
complications:secondary bacterial pneumonia, otitis media, flu A: acute respiratory distress syndrome, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Reye syndrome (virus+aspirin, kids only) |
 Child comes in during the winter following an upper resp infection. mucosal Koplik spots (red,white,blue), and a rash spreading from head->toe, What is the virus? What is a major complicaion? |
 Measles Sub-acute sclerosing pancencephalitis |
 Child comes in low-grade fever, malaise, "earache" that was followed by parotid gland enlargement. Virus? Major complication in post-bubertal boys? |
Mumps
post-pubertal epididymo-orchitis (infection and enargement of testes with severe pain) |
 Kids less than <5 y/o will contract this virus and get Pneumonia with mononuclear infilrate and giant cells. |
Respiratory syncytial virus
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 Child come in with wheezing and a braking cough, X-ray below. What is the virus? What is the syndrom (cough)? Is this an emergency? |
Parainfluenza
Coup (laryngeotracheobronchitis) Yes laryngeotracheobronchitis can close airway |
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Horse handler in Austrilia who has pneumonia and encephaltits. Bare is full of fruit bats.
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 Hendra |
