Viral meningitis

Meninges is the membrane that covers the brain. Therefore, meningitis disease is an infection that targets that membrane. It also infects the spinal cord and can cause swelling. Meningitis is a very quick infection often leads to death or other forms of disabilities such as mental retardation, epilepsy, deafness etc. if not treated. CAUSES TRANSFER Many bacteria can lead to meningitis, however, Neisseria meningitides is the most known as it poses the potential to cause epidemics on a large…

Gram + Cocci To identify the Gram + cocci I first performed a catalyst test which produced oxygen bubbles and indicated a positive catalase result. The next test I preformed was a mannitol salt test using a mannitol-salt agar plate and the results showed positive fermentation turning the plate yellow and also positive growth. This led me to conclusion that my unknown Gram + cocci was Staphylococcus aureus. Gram – Rod To identify the unknown Gram – rod I first performed a H2S production test…

There are few things I remember. I was painting, felt dizzy, the next thing I remember is talking to the paramedic as I was lying on the floor. I remember being in the hospital, but not going to the hospital. I remember talking to my friends in the hospital, then I remember talking to the doctors, them telling me I had had three seizures in the past two days. Three weeks later, I remember waking up on a Wednesday with a killer headache. The worst headache I had ever had, but I don’t remember how…

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“ Bacterial meningitis affects over 4,000 people and causes 500 deaths in the U.S. each year. 6,000 cases of pneumococcal meningitis are reported each year in the U.S. Meningococcal meningitis infects about 2,600 people in the U.S. each year.” What this text is saying is that bacterial meningitis is really harmful and can lead to deaths around the world, mainly affecting young children and the elderly. Bacterial meningitis harms and affects many people who are infected by the disease and is…

multiple myeloma and chronic renal failure patients. Such individuals may be at risk of developing invasive Hib disease if exposed to the pathogen.” (Nix, 2012, p 769-770) Two of the major conditions that are caused by Hib are bacterial meningitis and epiglottitis. Meningitis is an acute inflammation of the protective membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. Epiglottitis is the inflammation of the flap at the back of the tongue that prevents food from entering the trachea. Both conditions…

(very little or no peptidoglycan in the cell wall), diplococcus bacterium with a polysac-charide capsule. N. meningitidis is the cause of meningococcal meningitis infections that have a low prevalence and high mortality in children and young adults through an epidemic or sporadic meningitis and septicemia (blood poisoning). The bacterial form of meningitis is a severe infection of the thin lining that surrounds the brain and spinal…

Meningitis and torticollis are two homeostatic imbalances that affect the human body. This essay will give background information, treatments, signs and symptoms, and their connections to the specific systems they affect. Meningitis is the swelling of the meninges due to bacterial infections. It can cause things like convulsions, delirium, and in worst case scenarios death. With an early checkup and diagnosis, some modern medicine, and cautionary measures, the death rate stands in between 5…

Name: Jamie Chustz Causative Agent: Naegleria fowleria Echinococcus granulosus Disease: Primary amebic meningoenphalitis Hydatid Disease Classification of the causative agent: N. fowleria is an Thermophilic (warm loving) Ameba. Rarely infecting humans. E. granulosus is a parasitic worm called a tapeworm also called dog tapeworm hydatid worm or hyper tape-worm Virulence factors of the causative agent: It has three stages of its lifecycle 1. Cyst Stage which it…

Laboratory Findings Bacterial meningitis is the most common suppurative infection of the central nervous system (Mitropoulos, Hermsen, Rotschafer, 2012). It is rapid progressing and can lead to death or debilitating effects if not diagnosed and treated quickly. In order to diagnose a patient with bacterial meningitis a cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) examination is necessary. To obtain the CSF from a patient a lumbar puncture is usually done. When the physician is performing the lumbar puncture…