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differental for aspectic meningitis for pre and post vaccine era
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pre vaccine - mumps
post vaccine - enteroviruses (echo, enterovirus, cocksackie), arboviruses |
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#1 cause of acquired hearing loss prior to immunization
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mumps
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bacterial meningitis is less common than viral meningitis because usually caused by encapsulated organisms
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C5-C9 deficiencies have increased rate of this infection
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neisseria meningitidis
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children do no produce anti-capsular antibodies to haemophilus naturally until 2 to 3 years of age
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so meningitis was more common below this age with haemophilus
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number one cause of bacterial meningitis in most age groups
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strep pneumoniae
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when do most elderly get strep pneumoniae meningitis
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after another strep pneumo infection such as otitis, sinusitis, or pneumonia
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23-valent polysaccharide vaccine for strep pneumo is available for who
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those without a spleen
adults over 65 |
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differential for encephalitis in the US
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arboviruses
enterovirus herpes virus |
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arbovirus that causes encephalitis in children 5-18
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LaCrosse (California) Encephalitis
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arboviruses causing encephalitis in adults
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St. Louis Encephalitis
West Nile |
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three presentations of west nile virus
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meningitis
encephalitis acute flaccid paralysis |
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encephalitis involving the temporal lobe
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herpes encephalitis
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reservoirs for rhabdovirus
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dog
bat skunk raccoon fox |
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very rare but can occur in children infected with measles while less than 2 years old
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subacute sclerosing panencphalitis
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fever with muscle pain, flaccid asymmetric paralysis, no sensory involvement
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polio
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this polio prevention is the best choice in non-endenmic areas with high vaccination rates
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inactivated polio vaccine
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this polio prevention is the best choice in communities with low vaccines rates
what bad can happen |
oral (live, attenuated) polio vaccine
occasionally reverts to active polio in the gut, can spread to unimmunized - herd immunity |
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virus that can cause Bell's palsy
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herpes
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