CNS Infections Flashcards
1
Q
Inflammed btwn pia and arachnoid meninges
Neck Rigidity
Kernigs Sign
Brudzinki Sign
A
Leptomeningitis
2
Q
Low glucose in CSF
fever
neck rigidity
A
bacterial meningitis
3
Q
newborn meningitis
A
E Coli (or Group B Strep)
4
Q
Meningitis from 3 months-3 years old
A
H INfluenzae
5
Q
- Main cause of meningitis later in life
- Might have hx of basilar skull fx
- Alcoholics and asplenics
A
strep pneumo
6
Q
- Contracted in congested places (schools and barracks)
- Waterhouse Friderichsen Syndrome
A
N. Meningitides
7
Q
- Cerebritis
- Astrogliosis
- Encapsulated by fibroblasts
- Can rupture into ventricles
A
cerebral abscess
8
Q
- Increased CSF Protein
- Obliterative endarteritis
- Can induce cortex or brainstem infarcts
A
Neurosyphilis
9
Q
- Loss of joint position sense and fine touch (dorsal column)
- Positive Romberg Sign
A
Tabes Dorsalis
10
Q
Sluggish replication of T. pallidum spriochetes
- “Wind Blown appearance” of residual nerve cells
- gliosis
A
Leutic Dementia
11
Q
- granulomatous response with giant cells and lymphocytes
- surrounds areas of caseous necrosis
- Commonly localized to base of brain
A
Tuberculous Meningitis
12
Q
Tuberculosis of the spine
A
Pott Disease
13
Q
- Oppurtunistic infection
- Soap Bubble abscesses
- Encapsulated fungi in Virchow Spaces
- India Ink shows clear halo
A
Cryptococcus meningitis
14
Q
Name 6 other fungal causes of meningitis aside from cryptococcus (most common)
A
Coccidiomycosis-san joaquin valley Histoplasmosis-mississippi Blastomycosis Mucormycosis Aspergillosis Candidiasis-microabscesses
15
Q
- Usually a benign meningitis
- Sudden febrile illness with headache
- Excess lymphocytes in CSF
- Increase in protein
- No change in glucose
A
Viral meningitis
