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4 routes of infectious entry into CNS
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1. hematogenous
2. direct implantation (trauma) 3. local entension 4. from PNS (viral) |
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3 common causes of meningitis in newborns
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1. group B strep
2. E. coli 3. Listeria |
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4 common causes of meningitis in children (6mo-6yr)
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1. Strep pneumo
2. N. meningitidis 3. H. influenza (decreased w/ vaccine) 4. enteroviruses |
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4 common causes of meningitis from 6- 60yo
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1. N. meningitidis
2. Enterovirus 3. Strep pneumo 4. HSV |
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3 common causes of meningitis in adults > 60yo
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1. Strep pneumo
2. Gram neg rods 3. Listeria |
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4 abNL CSF findings in bacterial meningitis
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high pressure
increased PMNs high protein low glucose |
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3 abNL CSF findings in viral meningitis
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increased lymphocytes
NL/high protein NL/high pressure **NL sugar |
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4 abNL CSF findings in fungal/TB meningitis
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high pressure
increased lymphocytes increased protein decreased sugar |
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5 causative agents of chronic meningitis
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1. TB
2. Cryptococcus (IC'd patients) 3. Syphilis 4. Borrelia 5. Neurosarcoid |
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TB meningitis:
1. areas typically affected 2. type of inflammation 3. secondary result |
1. dependement parts (basal cisterns)
2. granulomatous 3. hydrocephalus: fibrosis causes CSF obstruction at arachnoid granulations |
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4 fungal causes of meningitis
--what patients typically affected? |
1. Cryptococcus
2. Aspergillus 3. Candida 4. Mucor **IC'd patients (AIDS, DM, steroids) |
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A classic histological finding in viral meningitis
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meningeal & perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate
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1. Classic histologic finding in rabies infection,
2. 3 locations? |
1. Negri bodies (cytoplasmic inclusions)
2. brainstem, hippocampus, cerebellum |
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1. Typical area affected by Herpes encephalitis
2. which type of HSV is common cause? |
1. medial temporal lobes, B/L
2. HSV1 |
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6 infections that can spread from mother to fetus*
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TOxoplasma gondii
Rubella CMV HIV, HSV Syphilis |
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R C HH S |
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Normodyne or Trandate
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labetalol
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