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BEGIN FUNGAL AND PROTZOAN INFECTIONS
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UGHH
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What is the risk anytime you have a fungal infeciton in the body?
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that it will progress to the meninges
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What are the 2 most common fungi causing meningitis?
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Cryptococcus neoformans
Coccdioides immitis |
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What are the 3 kinds of meningitis?
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purulent
aseptic chronic |
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Which organisms cause which?
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purulent- basteria
aseptic- viral chronic- mycobacteria and fungi |
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whihc is self limiting?
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viral
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What are granulomas?
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collections of macrophages fused to giant cells surrounded by lymphocytes
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Where would you see granulomas in a menigitis? Which type of menigitis?
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in chronic meningitis
you would see it in it's original location in the lungs or something |
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What does a capsule protect an organism from?
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innate phagocytic mechanisms
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What can kill things with capsules?
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macrophages
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