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pragya sharda

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Which of the following types of pneumonia suggests that the patient acquired it because of the reactivation of a latent infection, often in the setting of immunosuppression?
 
  a. Cytomegalovirus
  b. Haemophilus influenzae
  c. Histoplasmosis
  d. Staphylococcus

Question 2

Which of the following mechanisms is an uncommon route for the spread of pneumonia?
 
  a. Aspiration of infectious particles
  b. Inhalation of infectious particles
  c. Through the bloodstream
  d. Direct contact


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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Cytomegalovirus pneumonia is an example of a latent infection that can reactivate during chronic immunosuppression, especially in solid organ and bone marrow transplant recipients.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The spread of infection through the bloodstream from a remote site is called hematogenous dis-semination. This is an uncommon cause of pneumonia, which may occur in patients with right-sided bacterial endocarditis in whom fragments of an infected heart valve break off, embo-lize through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs, and produce either pneumonia or septic pulmo-nary infarcts.


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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