CNS infections

Question 1

inflammation of pia and arachnoid

Answer 1

meningitis

Question 2

inflammation of brain parenchyma

Answer 2

encephalitis

Question 3

classic triad of meningitis

Answer 3

1. fever
2. HA
3. nuchal rigidity

Question 4

resistance to passive extension at the knee; used to test for ____

Answer 4

kernig sign; test for meningitis

Question 5

spontaneous flexion of the knees/hip when neck is passively flexed

Answer 5

brudzinski sign

Question 6

most common causes of community acquired meningitis

Answer 6

S. pneumonie, N. meningitidis

Question 7

what bacteria more commonly cause meningitis in immunocompromised?

Answer 7

1. Listeria

2. S. aureus

Question 8

what tx reduces mortality/morbidity of bacterial meningitis

Answer 8

steroids

Question 9

which category of meningitis is most common?

Answer 9

viral

Question 10

most common agent of viral meningitis?

Answer 10

enterovirus

Question 11

fever, HA, change in Level of consciousness, bizarre behavior, aphasia

Answer 11

herpes simplex encephalitis

Question 12

virus that resides in temporal lobe

Answer 12

herpes simplex

Question 13

lymphocytic meningitis, radiculoneuritis, facial palsy, rash

Answer 13

lyme neuroborreliosis

Question 14

reactivation of endemic JC papova virus

Answer 14

progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Question 15

progressive dementia with focal deficits, myoclonus,can be fatal

Answer 15

creutzfeldt-jacob disease