Which of the following is the first-line drug to treat Pneumocystis carinii (jeroveci)?

BONUS: Caution should be used when administering oral or injectible forms of anti-fungal drugs if the patient is also taking ____________________.

BONUS: A patient who has had a recent pulmonary infection has been sent by his physician to undergo a complete pulmonary function test (PFT). He states he is still coughing small amount of sputum and has not reached his full exertional capacity. Which of the following PFT findings would be expected if he still had some residual infection? I. increased FEV1 II. increased FVC III. decreased DLCO IV. decreased IC

Leonard Bean, is a 43 year old male who lives in west Texas arid region presents in the ED with rapidly spreading multilobar consolidation. He cools his home with a “swamp-cooling” air conditioner. This is typical for what type of pneumonia?

What type of severe lung infection may result in the development of lung abscesses are common and frequently the causative organism in the immunocompromised and elederly patient?

Your patient’s lung infection is caused by Klebsiella. What would be appropriate to treat it?

All of the following are associated with alveolar inflammation in pneumonitis EXCEPT:

Tapenja Lott is a 44 year old lighting consultant with no history of lung disease. Over the last several days she has experienced increasing dyspnea, malaise and productive cough. She presented to the emergency department with the following VS: HR 136 bpm, B/P 138/84, RR 26 bpm which are shallow with mild to moderate accessory muscle use, temp 39.8 C. Breath sounds reveal bilateral inspiratory and expiratory crackles, CXR reveals large areas of RLL and RML consolidation. She has been diagnosed with pneumonia. ABGs are drawn on an FiO2 of 0.28:pH         7.51PaCO2  28 torrPaO2    43 torrHCO3   20 mEq/LSaO2    68%Which of the following best describes her arterial blood gas?

A patient with no history of underlying lung disease presents in the ED with dyspnea and productive cough. Pneumonia is diagnosed based on physical exam and radiographic findings. The patient is tachypnic and tachycardic but still alert and cooperative in spite of his distress. If a room air ABG sample was obtained, which result would fit this case description?

Which of the following organisms are considered opportunistic for causing lung infections in immunocompromised hosts? I. Candida albicans II. Pneumocystis III. Blastomces demitiditis IV. Steptococcal pneumonitis