Showing posts with label chest medicine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chest medicine. Show all posts

Saturday, 10 August 2019

Tularaemia

Disease class: Bacterial infection 

This is a notifiable disease. This means that all diagnosed cases must be reported to the national Public Health services.

 

Pathogens

 

Also known as

  • Rabbit fever
  • Deer fly fever

Mycoplasma pneumonia

Disease class: Bacterial pneumonia

Also known as

  • Walking pneumonia

 

Pathogen: 

Pneumocystis pneumonia

Disease class: Pneumonia

Also known as

  • Pneumocystis pneumonia 
  • PCP 

Pathogen: 

Bacterial pneumonia

Disease class: Pneumonia

Types

  • Chlamydial pneumonia
  • pneumonia, Mycoplasma
  • pneumonia, Pneumococcal
  • pneumonia, Rickettsial
  • pneumonia, Staphylococcal

 

Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Solitary pulmonary nodule

Disease class: Lung diseases

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease

Disease class: Lung diseases

Pulmonary eosinophilia

Disease class: Lung diseases

Pulmonary sarcoidosis

Disease class: lung diseases, Interstitial
Disease class: Sarcoidosis

Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Radiation pneumonitis

Disease class: lung diseases, Interstitial
Disease class: Lung injury

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis

Also known as

  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Silicosis

Disease class: Pneumoconiosis

Subtypes

  • Anthracosilicosis
  • Silicotuberculosis
A form of pneumoconiosis resulting from inhalation of dust containing crystalline form of silicon dioxide, usually in the form of quartz.

Thursday, 13 June 2019

Lung abscess

Disease class: Abscess
Disease class: Lung diseases

Legionellosis

Tracheitis

Disease class: Tracheal diseases

Bronchial hyperreactivity

Disease class: Bronchial diseases

Bronchogenic cyst

Disease class: Bronchial diseases

Bronchial spasm

Disease class: Bronchial diseases