OTHER TESTS ON SPUTUM - PNEUMOCOCCAL ANTIGEN DETECTION LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILIA – DFA TEST PNEUMOCYSTIS – SPECIFIC FLUORESCEIN LABELLED MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES NOT AFFECTED BY PRIOR ANTIBIOTIC USE RAPID VIRAL DIAGNOSIS BY DFA
SPUTUM CULTURE DELAY IN GIVING RESULT CONTAMINATION - NORMAL FLORA PRIOR ANTIBIOTIC USE INHIBITS GROWTH
Legionella pneumophilia BUFFERED CHARCOAL YEAST EXTRACT (BCYE) AGAR – 5 OR MORE DAYS
FUNGAL CULTURE IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGI ( CRYPTOCOCCUS, ASPERGILLUS ) VIRAL ISOLATION INDICATIONS NOT RESPONDING TO ANTIBACTERIAL R X IDENTIFY OUTBREAK OF INFLUENZA ESTABLISH RSV IN YOUNG CHILDREN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
HIGHEST SENSITIVITY IN PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA POSITIVE CULTURE HIGH SPECIFICITY MORE PROGNOSTIC : BACTERIMIA SEVERE INFECTION BLOOD CULTURE
VIRAL ANTIGEN DETECTION DFA – INFLUENZA A & B, RSV, CMV, HSV EIA PCR ASSOCIATED CLINICAL AND LAB FINDINGS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR DIAGNOSIS
SEROLOGICAL TESTS WHEN CAUSATIVE ORGANISM IS HARD TO ISOLATE RAPID DIAGNOSIS HELP IN INITIATION OF TREATMENT INCREASE IN TITRES 4 FOLD LEGIONELLA, MYCOPLASMA, Q FEVER PNEUMONIA, MYCOTIC PATHOGENS, VIRAL (RETROSPECTIVE DIAGNOSIS)
SKIN TESTS FOR DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST FUNGAL SKIN TEST (COCCOIDIODIN) ?? CURRENT OR PAST INFECTION ??
CHEST RADIOGRAPHY PATTERN OF INFILTRATION – LOBAR PATCHY INTERSTITIAL CAVITARY LARGE EFFUSION RESPONSE TO TREATMENT LAGS WELL BEHIND CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT
CAVITY
STAGES OF LEGIONELLA PNEUMONIA
PLEURAL EFFUSION
CT SCAN IN NON-RESPONDING PATIENTS
INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES FIBRE-OPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY WITH TRANSBRONCHIAL LUNG BIOPSY BRONCHO-ALVEOLAR LAVAGE IN VAP – PROTECTED SPECIMEN BRUSHING PERCUTANEOUS TRANSTHORACIC NEEDLE LUNG BIOPSY OPEN LUNG BIOPSY / VATS
OTHERS ARTERIAL O 2 SATURATION AND BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS WBC COUNT HIGH BLOOD UREA HIGH BILIRUBIN HIGH ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE HYPONATREMIA LEGIONELLA PROTEIN, RBC AND WBC IN URINE
MARKERS FOR SEVERE ILLNESS ALTERED MENTAL STATE / CONFUSION TACHYPNOEA >/= 30 BREATHS/MIN HYPOTENSION <90/60 mm Hg ARTERIAL HYPOXEMIA CXR -- > 1 LOBE INVOLVED / RAPID PROGRESSION RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
TREATMENT HOSPITALISATION ?? PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX (PSI) CURB - 65
PSI calculates the probability of MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY AMONG THE COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA PATIENTS. USES DEMOGRAPHICS, ASSOCIATED CO-MORBIDITIES, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, VITAL SIGNS AND LAB FINDINGS Risk group I – R x at home Risk group II and III – home r x with iv antibiotics or 1 day hospital stay Risk group IV and V – inpatient R x
C – CONFUSION U – UREMIA > 7 mmol /L R – RESPIRATORY RATE > 30/min B – BP < 90/60 mm Hg 65 – years old / more
IDSA / ATS GUIDELINES FOR EMPIRICAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY
SPECIAL CONCERNS Pseudomonas aeruginosa B – LACTAM + AMINOGLYCOSIDE + ANTIPNEUMOCOCCAL FLUOROQUINOLONE Legionella pneumophilia MACROLIDE /CIPROFLOXACIN + IV RIFAMPICIN CA – MRSA ADD LINEZOLID (600mg IV 12 hrly ) OR VANCOMYCIN ( 1 g IV 12 hrly )
SUPPORTIVE TREATMENT RESPIRATORY SUPPORT FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE REPLACEMENT TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION OTHERS ANALGESICS CORTICOSTEROIDS INOTROPICS
PREVENTION PNEUMOCOCCAL CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE INFLUENZA VACCINE FOR NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION – SURVEILLANCE EDUCATION & AWARENESS HANDWASHING GOOD DISINFECTION CONTROLLED USE OF ANTIBIOTICS