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QUIZ
What is the most likely diagnosis?
a. influenza
b. acute bacterial sinusitis
c. the common cold
d. pneumonia
e. asthma
QUIZ
What is the most likely diagnosis?
a. influenza
b. acute bacterial sinusitis
c. the common cold
d. pneumonia
e. asthma
thick
purulent
nasal
discharge
does NOT
mean
bacterial
sinusitis!
c. rhinovirus
d. echovirus
e. influenza virus
Virology *4,5
5%
5%
10%
Rhinovirus
Coronavirus
Influenza
50%
15%
RSV
Parainfluenza
Adeno, Entero
15%
Seasonal Patterns
Fall, late spring :
Rhinovirus
Parainfluenza
Winter, spring:
RSV, coronavirus
Summer:
Enterovirus (year)
COLD
Rare
Rare
Mild
Mild
Unusual
Common
Common
Common
Mild
INFLUENZA
39-40o
Usual
Severe
May last 3 wks
Usual
Common
Sometimes
Common
Mod-Severe
Facts: Influenza
Patients with illnesses which involve the cardiovascular
or pulmonary systems
Patients with diabetes mellitus, renal disease,
hemoglobinopathy, or immunosuppression
Residents of nursing homes or chronic care facilities
Otherwise healthy individuals over age 50
Asthma
Airway reactivity*1
Vs
Acute asthma attacks exacerbations
Up to 40% of viral upper resp infection*2
*1 Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995 May;151(5):1666-73; discussion 1673-4.
*2 Chest 1997 Sep;112(3):591-6.
Complications
Sinusitis:
Acute bacterial sinusitis develops in 0.5 to
2.5 percent of adult patients after viral *1
Lower respiratory tract disease :
RSV, elderly (CHF) and
immunocompromised
Acute otitis media:
Eustachian tube dysfunction;
*1 J Allergy Clin Immunol 1998 Sep;102(3):403-8.
FACTS: transmission*
Hand to- hand
most efficient = direct contact
virus can survive for 2 hours on human skin
also aerosol
*1