Inflam and infec disease Flashcards
The 3 main types of meningitis
acute purulent meningitis (due to a bacterial
infection), lymphocytic meningitis (viral), and chronic and granulomatous meningitis (TB
and other organisms).
Inflammation centered on
the subarachnoid space
Leptomeningitis
Type of meningitis that is a medical emergency
acute bacterial meningitis
Pacymeningitis
an infection centered on the dura
There are two classic physical signs associated with meningitis
Kernig’s and Brudninski
Kernig’s sig
(pain upon attempted passive
extension at the knee when the hip is flexed)
Brudninski’s sign,
which is an involuntary
flexion of the hips when the neck is flexed
The most common cause of low levels of glucose in the CSF
Bacterial meningitis
Trx for bacterial meningitis
antibiotics or corticosteroids
A self-limiting disease that is caused by a viral infection
what sections of the body can be involved
viral meningitis
brain and spinal cord
Viral meningitis features _____
while acute bacterial meningitis features
lymphomyocites, leukocytes
What does Lyme disease affect
NS causing meningitis, and cranial nerve palsies
Neurological signs of lyme disease
neurological manifestations occur
Rash headache, neck stiffness, myalgia, cranial nerve palsies, polyradiculopathy (often with significant pain), polyneuropathy,
and/or encephalopathy may occur
several weeks after bite
Deep tendon reflexes are
typically preserved in
there is often
leprosy
hypertrophy that can be palpated
_____ are a major reservoir of leprosy infection
armadillos
In an X ray of feet on patients with leprosy …
second to fifth toes and distal tapering of the metatarsals secondary to neuropathy, the so-called licked candy stick appearance
Cryptococcal meningitis usually affects
pt with AIDS
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an
primarily in
symptoms
inflammatory connective tissue disease of
unknown etiology
woman
seizures, headache, stroke
CNS complications of HIV infection
dementia, vascular myelopathy, toxoplasmosis, cryptococcal meningitis
Most common neuropathy in the world
characteristics
leprosy
distal limbs, nose, ears involved. preserved deep tendon reflexes. nerve hypertrophy that can be palpated, axonal damage
