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18 Cards in this Set
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What WBCs are associated with an acute infection?
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Neutrophils
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What makes up MNCs?
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Lymphocytes
Plasma cells |
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What kind of organisms cause granulomatous inflammation?
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Mycobacteria
Fungi Spirochetes Parasites |
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What are microglial nodules associated with?
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Viral encephalitis
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Bilateral hemorrhage of adrenal glands is associated with what CNS infection?
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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
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When does subdural empyema occur?
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Usually as complication of meningitis in children
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Brain abscesses can be seen as what in an MRI?
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Enhanced ring
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CNS infection by mycobacterium tuberculosis will present as what in the base of the brain?
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Thick fibrosing exudate
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What is a tuberculomma?
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Granulomatous lesion in the brain parenchyma. Seen in CNS infection by mycobacterium TB
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What causes tabes dorsalis?
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Secondary to untreated syphilis infection
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What is obliterative endocarditis associated with?
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Secondary to untreated syphilis infection
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Hemorrhaging and necrotizing lesions esp in the temporal lobe are observed due to what CNS infection?
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Herpes simplex 1
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What are periventricular calcifications associated with?
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CMV encephalitis
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What are negri bodies associated with?
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Rabies encephalitis
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What structure does PML infect?
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Oligodendrocytes
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Histological sections show smudged nuclei and bizarre astrocytes. What CNS infection is this associated with?
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PML
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Mucinous pools of yeast is observed in the brain parenchyma. What CNS infection is this associated with?
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Name angioinvasive fungi
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Aspergillosis
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