Introduction Flashcards
What are the 5 classes of CNS infectious diseases
- meningitis
- Encephalitis
- Mass Lesions
- Neurotoxemia-Tetnus
- Prion
What are the classes of PNS diseases
- Neurotoxemia-botulism
- Leprosy
- Guillain-Barre’ Syndrome
What is menigitis
meningeal inflammation resulting from an infection of the subarachnoid space
what is encephalitis
inflammation of the brain parychema
what is mass lesion/abcess
macroscopic in size and of sufficient mass to press against normal brain tissue which increases ICP and causes focal seizures
what does the CT show in mass lesion/abcess cases
ring-enhancing (mass) lesion which is used for dx
what is leprosy
infection of the sensory nerves
what is Guillain-Barre’ Syndrome
demylenation of PNS
what is botulism
toxin that inhibits nerves at NM junction
what are the two types of prion disease
new variant CJD -prion of bovine spongiform encephalitis
CJD-Human prions
what class of organism causes the most amount of meningitis
viruses
what class of organism causes the 2nd most amount of meningitis?
bacteria
what disease simulates S&S of meningitis but it is a neurotoxemia
tetnus
Focal encephalitis is caused by primarily?
HSV-1 which is treatable with antiviral
Diffused encephalitis is caused by primarily?
arbovirus
what is encephomyelitis
inflammation of brain parenchyma with inflammation of the spinal cord
what is encephomyelitis majorily caused by
poliovirus and West Nile virus
What are the slow virus encephalitis diseases
HIV-1-associated cognitive/motor complex
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
subacute, sclerosing panencephalopathy
what are the etiologic agents that cause abcesses
s. aureus, anaerobes
what causes neurocysticerosis
taenia solium
what causes toxoplasmosis
toxoplasma gondii
what are the common causes of purulent/pyogenic meningitis which often results in severe disease? (age-dependent) (7)
- Neisseria meningitidis
- S. pneumoniae
- Hib
- S. agalactiae
- E. Coli K1
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- listeria monocytogenes
Common causes of bacterial encephalitis &/or mass leisions (4)
- mycoplasma pneumoniae
- listeria monocytogenes
- s. aureas
- anaerobic infections
Common causes of Neurotoxic diseases (2)
Clostridium Botulism
C. tetani
Common causes Aseptic meningitis (age-dependent) (8)
- HHV 6/7
- non-polio enteroviruses
- arbovirus
- HSV-2
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCM)
- HIV (only in sex/ IVDU)
- Mumps virus (vaccine)
- Polio (vaccine)
what age does aseptic HHV 6/7 meningitis occur in
infants and children less that 2
what age does aseptic non-polio enterovirus meningitis occur in
more common in children, but severe in adults
what are examples of non-polio enterovirus
ECHO
Coxsackie
Enterovirus 68-71
what age does aseptic arbvirus meningitis occur in
infect children and other adults
what age does aseptic LCM virus meningitis occur in
either children (rodents as pets) or adults (dust eating virus)
Who gets aseptic HIV meningitis
sexual activity and IVDU
who gets aseptic mumps meningitis
adolescents who do not get immunized
who gets aseptic polio meningitis
infants- young adults who do not get immunized
viral encephalitis etiology (9)
- HSV-1
- arbovirus
- rabies
- polio
- non-polio enterovirus
- HIV
- JC virus
- Measles
- VZV & CMV
What is the most common cause of epidemic diffuse encephalitis and in what time of year does it occur
arbovirus
summer/fall months
what are the different types of arbovirus (7)
EEEV WEEV SLEV La Cross virus WNEV POWV Coltiviruses
etiology of focal encephalitis
- HSV-1 (year round)
- arbovirus and the non-polio enterovirus
- Rabies Virus
- polio and WNEV ( encephalomyelitis)
- CMV
- VZV
- JC (John Cunningham) virus and PML
common fungi agents in CNS diseases?
Cryptococcus- a meningoencephalitis
Candida- meningitis
Coccidioides immitis- a meningoencephalitis
Agents that can affect a person with humoral diffeciency
- s. pneumoniae
- s. agalactiae
- Hib
- N. meningitidis
- E. Coli K1
- K. pneumoniae
Agents that can affect a person with Cell-mediated deficiency
- listeria monocytogenes
- Toxoplasma gondii
- cryptococcus neoformans
- CMV
- JC virus and PML
- HIV
- LCMV
- E. Coli K1?
Why is diagnosing Infectious diseases in elderly patients difficult?
- hypothermic so don’t present with fever
- neck arthritis so already manifest with nuchal ridgidity
- dementia can masks
How should you approach a newborn with fever
lumbar puncture
Nosocomial related infectious diseases
IVC
cochlear implants
bacteria carraige in nasopharynx and humans are only host
s. peumoniae
Hib
N. menegitidis
s. agalactiae (also vagina, GIT, skin)
bacteria carriage in nares
s. aureus
bacteria carriage in humans mostly on mucosal surfaces
endogenous anaerobic flora
bacterial carriage in humans mostly in colon
s. agalactiae
E. coli
K. pneumoniae
Listeria monocytogenes
bacterial carriage in humans mostly in colon with migration to vagina
s. agalactiae
e. coli
k. pneumoniae
Animals and humans are reservoir for which bacteria:
E. coli K1 K. pneumoniae L. monocytogenes M. leprae S. agalactiae S. aureus (humans mostly source of infection)
Reservoir for c. tetani
soil
reservoir for c. botulinum
soil, water, animal
reservoir for L. moncytogenes
everywhere