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VMS2007 Pathology of the Endocrine, and Neurological Systems and Organs of Special Senses > Infection and Inflammation of the CNS > Flashcards

Infection and Inflammation of the CNS Flashcards

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Defence mechanisms in the brain (4)

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What are the different routes of infection + examples? (4)

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General features of lesions and the nature of the infecting organism (4)

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Suppurative inflammation - bacterial? fungal/algal/protozoan/helminth? viral? non-infectious agents?

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Bacterial = Listeria, embolic diseases, septicaemias

Fungal/algal/protozoan/helminth = Aspergillus, Amebae, Prototheca, Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Viral = arbovirus

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Eosinophilic inflammation - bacterial? fungal/algal/protozoan/helminth? viral? non-infectious agents?

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Fungal/algal/protozoan/helminth = Helminths (coenurus, cysticercus)

Non-infectious = allergy?

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Suppurative-pyogranulomatous inflammation - bacterial? fungal/algal/protozoan/helminth? viral? non-infectious agents?

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Fungal/algal/protozoan/helminth = Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum, Cryptoccocus neoformans, Sarcocystis neurona

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Non-suppurative inflammation (lymphocytes + plasma cells) bacterial? fungal/algal/protozoan/helminth? viral? non-infectious agents?

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Viral = Rabies, Aujeszky, Distemper, EEE, VEE, JEE, EHV*, West Nile, Borna

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Non-suppurative/granulomatous inflammation - bacterial? fungal/algal/protozoan/helminth? viral? non-infectious agents?

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Bacterial = mycobacteria

Viral = Visna-maedi, CAEV, EIAV, FIP

Non-infectious agents = GME = granulomatous meningoencephalitis, NME = necrotising meningoencephalitis

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Grey matter inflammation (polio) - bacterial? fungal/algal/protozoan/helminth? viral? non-infectious agents?

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Viral = Rabies, Aujeszky, EEE, VEE, JEE, EHV*, West Nile, Borna

Non-infectious = NME = necrotising meningoencephalitis

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White matter inflammation (leuko) - bacterial? fungal/algal/protozoan/helminth? viral? non-infectious agents?

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Viral = Distemper, Border disease, Visna-Maedi

Non-infectious = GME = granulomatous meningoencephalitis

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Vasculitis - bacterial? fungal/algal/protozoan/helminth? viral? non-infectious agents?

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Bacterial = TME = thrombotic meningoencephalitis

Viral = FIP, herpesviruses, CSF, ASF, MCF

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What do bacterial infections involve and the common patterns associated with inflammation (7)

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What is meningitis? species, bacteria, portal of entry, clinical signs (13)

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Diffuse suppurative meningitis - pig

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Suppurative meningitis

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What are cerebral abscesses? (2)

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Cerebral abscesses - haematogenous location (2)

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Cerebral abscesses - direct invasion locations (5)

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What are the histopathological features of cerebral abscesses? (6)

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Septic embolism and thromboembolism to the brain - bacterial agents and outcomes (5)

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What is thrombotic meningoencephalitis (TME)? (6)

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What is listeriosis - areas affected, route of infection (7)

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Where are the areas of lesions of listeriosis?

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Listeria - histo

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Aetiology of granulomatous/pyogranulomatous encephalitis (7)

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What do CNS viral infections involve? (8)

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How is rabies spread?

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What are the histopathological features of viral infections? (7)

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What are the different equine viral diseases? (4)

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Canine distemper virus - CNS features (4)

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  • Non-suppurative encephalitis, mostly of WM
  • Demyelination of WM
  • Secondary gliosis
  • Inclusion bodies
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Canine distemper - systemic disease features (7)

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What do protozoan infections involve? (6)

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What do fungal and algal diseases involve? (6)

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GID = coenurus

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What is granulomatous meningoencephalomyelitis (GME)? (4)

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Non-infectious encephalitides (auto-immune disease)

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What is necrotising meningoencephalitis (NME)? (4)

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Non-infectious encephalitides (auto-immune disease)

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Granulomatous menigoencephalomyelitis (GME) - gross pathology

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Granulomatous menigoencephalomyelitis (GME) - histopathology

VMS2007 Pathology of the Endocrine, and Neurological Systems and Organs of Special Senses (36 decks)

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