Snapshot A 75-year-old woman returns from a week-long cruise with a cough and sputum production. Her family notices that she seems more confused than usual and brings her into the hospital. Earlier today, she had complained of nausea and vomiting. On physical exam, her pulse is 60/min. There are fine crackles diffusely on chest auscultation. Laboratory tests show that she has hyponatremia and mildly elevated transaminitis. A urine antigen test is positive for the suspected disease and she is started on antibiotics. Introduction Classification Legionella pneumophila an aerobic, facultative, intracellular gram - rod transmission aspiration of contaminated water/soil air conditioning hot tubs swimming pools Epidemiology demographics more common in the elderly risk factors cruise ships smoking immunosuppression hospitalization Pathogenesis organism is phagocytosed into alveolar macrophages, where they replicate bacterial spread occurs when they escape from macrophage vacuoles leading to host cell osmotic lysis Associated conditions Legionnaires disease (most common) lobar or insterstitial pneumonia gastrointestinal and central nervous system involvement more common in smokers and those with chronic lung diseases Presentation Symptoms cough with sputum production gastrointestinal symptoms nausea or vomiting water diarrhea central nervous system symptoms confusion encephalopathy Physical exam fever altered mental status dyspnea relative bradycardia pneumonia Imaging Chest radiography indication all patients findings lobar consolidation or diffuse patchy infiltrates Studies Labs urine antigen test diagnostic does not Gram stain well, so this requires a silver stain sputum culture requires special media for culture charcoal yeast extract agar buffered with iron and cysteine hyponatremia transaminitis Making the diagnosis based on clinical presentation and laboratory studies Differential Mycoplasma pneumoniae distinguishing factor typically does not present with gastrointestinal or central nervous system involvement Treatment Medical antibiotics indication all patients drugs macrolides respiratory fluoroquinolones (levofloxacin and moxifloxacin) Complications Respiratory failure
QUESTIONS 1 of 2 1 2 Previous Next Lab Values Blood Hematologic Cerebrospinal Sweat, Urine, and BMI Blood, Plasma, Serum Reference Range ALT 8-20 U/L Amylase, serum 25-125 U/L AST 8-20 U/L Bilirubin, serum (adult) Total // Direct 0.1-1.0 mg/dL // 0.0-0.3 mg/dL Calcium, serum (Ca2+) 8.4-10.2 mg/dL Cholesterol, serum Rec: < 200 mg/dL Cortisol, serum 0800 h: 5-23 μg/dL //1600 h: 3-15 μg/dL 2000 h: ≤ 50% of 0800 h Creatine kinase, serum Male: 25-90 U/LFemale: 10-70 U/L Creatinine, serum 0.6-1.2 mg/dL Electrolytes, serum Sodium (Na+) 136-145 mEq/L Chloride (Cl-) 95-105 mEq/L Potassium (K+) 3.5-5.0 mEq/L Bicarbonate (HCO3-) 22-28 mEq/L Magnesium (Mg2+) 1.5-2.0 mEq/L Estriol, total, serum (in pregnancy) 24-28 wks // 32-36 wks 30-170 ng/mL // 60-280 ng/mL 28-32 wk // 36-40 wks 40-220 ng/mL // 80-350 ng/mL Ferritin, serum Male: 15-200 ng/mLFemale: 12-150 ng/mL Follicle-stimulating hormone, serum/plasma Male: 4-25 mIU/mL Female: premenopause: 4-30 mIU/mL midcycle peak: 10-90 mIU/mL postmenopause: 40-250 pH 7.35-7.45 PCO2 33-45 mmHg PO2 75-105 mmHg Glucose, serum Fasting: 70-110 mg/dL2-h postprandial:<120 mg/dL Growth hormone - arginine stimulation Fasting: <5 ng/mLProvocative stimuli: > 7ng/mL Immunoglobulins, serum IgA 76-390 mg/dL IgE 0-380 IU/mL IgG 650-1500 mg/dL IgM 40-345 mg/dL Iron 50-170 μg/dL Lactate dehydrogenase, serum 45-90 U/L Luteinizing hormone, serum/plasma Male: 6-23 mIU/mL Female: follicular phase: 5-30 mIU/mL midcycle: 75-150 mIU/mL postmenopause 30-200 mIU/mL Osmolality, serum 275-295 mOsmol/kd H2O Parathyroid hormone, serume, N-terminal 230-630 pg/mL Phosphatase (alkaline), serum (p-NPP at 30° C) 20-70 U/L Phosphorus (inorganic), serum 3.0-4.5 mg/dL Prolactin, serum (hPRL) < 20 ng/mL Proteins, serum Total (recumbent) 6.0-7.8 g/dL Albumin 3.5-5.5 g/dL Globulin 2.3-3.5 g/dL Thyroid-stimulating hormone, serum or plasma .5-5.0 μU/mL Thyroidal iodine (123I) uptake 8%-30% of administered dose/24h Thyroxine (T4), serum 5-12 μg/dL Triglycerides, serum 35-160 mg/dL Triiodothyronine (T3), serum (RIA) 115-190 ng/dL Triiodothyronine (T3) resin uptake 25%-35% Urea nitrogen, serum 7-18 mg/dL Uric acid, serum 3.0-8.2 mg/dL Hematologic Reference Range Bleeding time 2-7 minutes Erythrocyte count Male: 4.3-5.9 million/mm3Female: 3.5-5.5 million mm3 Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (Westergren) Male: 0-15 mm/hFemale: 0-20 mm/h Hematocrit Male: 41%-53%Female: 36%-46% Hemoglobin A1c ≤ 6 % Hemoglobin, blood Male: 13.5-17.5 g/dLFemale: 12.0-16.0 g/dL Hemoglobin, plasma 1-4 mg/dL Leukocyte count and differential Leukocyte count 4,500-11,000/mm3 Segmented neutrophils 54%-62% Bands 3%-5% Eosinophils 1%-3% Basophils 0%-0.75% Lymphocytes 25%-33% Monocytes 3%-7% Mean corpuscular hemoglobin 25.4-34.6 pg/cell Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration 31%-36% Hb/cell Mean corpuscular volume 80-100 μm3 Partial thromboplastin time (activated) 25-40 seconds Platelet count 150,000-400,000/mm3 Prothrombin time 11-15 seconds Reticulocyte count 0.5%-1.5% of red cells Thrombin time < 2 seconds deviation from control Volume Plasma Male: 25-43 mL/kgFemale: 28-45 mL/kg Red cell Male: 20-36 mL/kgFemale: 19-31 mL/kg Cerebrospinal Fluid Reference Range Cell count 0-5/mm3 Chloride 118-132 mEq/L Gamma globulin 3%-12% total proteins Glucose 40-70 mg/dL Pressure 70-180 mm H2O Proteins, total < 40 mg/dL Sweat Reference Range Chloride 0-35 mmol/L Urine Calcium 100-300 mg/24 h Chloride Varies with intake Creatinine clearance Male: 97-137 mL/minFemale: 88-128 mL/min Estriol, total (in pregnancy) 30 wks 6-18 mg/24 h 35 wks 9-28 mg/24 h 40 wks 13-42 mg/24 h 17-Hydroxycorticosteroids Male: 3.0-10.0 mg/24 hFemale: 2.0-8.0 mg/24 h 17-Ketosteroids, total Male: 8-20 mg/24 hFemale: 6-15 mg/24 h Osmolality 50-1400 mOsmol/kg H2O Oxalate 8-40 μg/mL Potassium Varies with diet Proteins, total < 150 mg/24 h Sodium Varies with diet Uric acid Varies with diet Body Mass Index (BMI) Adult: 19-25 kg/m2 Calculator ( ) xy AC 7 8 9 ÷ 4 5 6 × 1 2 3 - 0 . = + Sorry, this question is for PEAK Premium Subscribers only Upgrade to PEAK You have 100% on this question. Just skip this one for now. Take This Question Anyway (M2.ID.17.4765) A 38-year-old female presents to the emergency department for cough. She reports that two days ago she developed a nonproductive cough with moderate shortness of breath. On review of systems, the patient also endorses chills and sweats as well as several episodes of diarrhea over the past three days. Her husband also reports that the patient seemed confused this morning when he spoke to her before he left for work. The patient’s past medical history is significant for diabetes mellitus type II for which she takes metformin and glipizide. She drinks 8-10 beers per week and has a 15 pack-year smoking history. She works as a sales manager at a local retail company. Her temperature is 102.6°F (39.2°C), blood pressure is 126/72 mmHg, pulse is 82/min, and respirations are 18/min. On physical exam, she is alert and oriented to person and place only. She has crackles bilaterally extending up to the mid-lung fields. Her abdomen is soft and non-distended without rebound or guarding. Laboratory testing is performed and reveals the following:Serum:Na+: 129 mEq/LK+: 3.6 mEq/LCl-: 99 mEq/LHCO3-: 17 mEq/LUrea nitrogen: 16 mg/dLCreatinine: 1.1 mg/dLLeukocyte count: 16,300/mm^3Hemoglobin: 13.2 g/dLMean corpuscular volume: 87 µm^3Platelet count: 348,000/mm^3A chest radiograph is performed and can be seen in Figure A. Which of the following is most likely to be elicited upon further questioning? Review Topic | Tested Concept QID: 109039 FIGURES: A Type & Select Correct Answer 1 Risk factors for aspiration 8% (2/25) 2 Recent travel to Arizona 4% (1/25) 3 Exposure to incarcerated population 4% (1/25) 4 Recent cruise travel 72% (18/25) 5 Exposure to bird droppings 12% (3/25) L 2 Question Complexity D Question Importance Select Answer to see Preferred Response SUBMIT RESPONSE 4