CNS Flashcards
Most common symptom of brain abcess
headache
Yeast that causes meningitis in late stage HIV
Cryptococcus
Cell culture can be used to identify strep pneumoniae?
Optochin
Method of obtaining csf
Lumbar puncture
Common cause of brain abcess?
streptococci
Common cause of menigitis?
Neisseria meningitidis
Type of WBC seen in CSF in bacterial meningitis?
Neutrophils
Examination finding when flexing the neck caused hip and knees to flex?
Brudzinskis sign
Organism responisble for lock jaw
clostridium tetani
Treatemer for HSV encephalitis?
Aciclovir
Inflammation of brain?
Encephalitits
Method of bacterial spread through blood stream?
Haemotogenous
Leading coause of viral meningitis?
Enteroviruses
Focal suppurative process
ABCESS
Primary treatment for large brain abcess
drainage