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What is meningitis?

A

inflammation of meninges

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What is presentation of meningitis?

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  • preceded by 3-5 days of headache, malaise, vomiting
  • stiff neck on flexion, headache, altered mental status
  • fever [differentiates from migraine]
  • may have seizures, papilledema
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What are common causes of bacterial meningitis in neonate?

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group B strep = most common
also:
- e coli
- listeria

NOT N. meningitidis

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What are common causes of bacterial meningitis in children?

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strep pneumoniae = most common

also:
- N meningitidis
- H influenzae type B

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What are common causes of bacterial meningitis in adults?

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N. meningitidis = most common
also:
- s. pneumoniae
- H influenzae type B

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What are common causes of bacterial meningitis in elderly?

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  • s. pneumoniae
  • L monocytogenes
  • gram neg rods
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What type of meningitis with:

  • high opening pressure
  • low glucose
  • really high protein
  • lots of PMNs
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bacterial meningitis

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What type of meningitis with:

  • normal opening pressure
  • normal glucose
  • high protein
  • lots of lymphocytes
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viral meningitis

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What type of meningitis with:

  • high opening pressure
  • low glucose
  • high protein
  • lots of PMNs
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fungal meningitis

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What type of meningitis with:

  • high opening pressure
  • low glucose
  • really high protein
  • mixed PMNs and lymphocytes
A

TB

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Is meningitis usually caused by bacteria or virus?

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bacteria

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Is encephalitis usually caused by bacteria or virus?

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virus

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What is myelitis?

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inflammation of spinal cord

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What is encephalitis?

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inflammation of brain itself

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What are signs of menningococcal meningitis?

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  • petechial rash
  • stiff neck on flexion, fever
  • sepsis: hypotension, organ failure, DIC, purpura fulminans
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What is a feared complication of menningococcal meningitis?

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waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome = due to bleeding into adrenal gland
get adrenal failure, hypotension

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What are causes of viral meningitis?

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enteroviruses [cocksaskie] = children or adults

HSV/HIV/west nile

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How do you prevent meningitis?

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vaccinate against H influenzae, N meningitidis, S. pneumoniae

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How do you treat bacterial meningitis?

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  • initiate 3-4 gen cephalosporin and ampicillin for infants/elderly OR PCN
  • in meningococcal add rifampin
  • initiate corticosteroids
  • antibiotic must cross BBB
  • treat ICP
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20
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What are causes of non-infectious [aseptic] meningitis?

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inflammatory
malignancy
chemical
medication
migraine
21
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What is neuro TB? tow forms?

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  • secondary to TB from other site in body

tuberculous meningitis: thick pale yellow exudate over base of brain obstructs CSF flow

tuberculoma: growth of tubercles, enlarge in CNS parenchyma

22
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What are symptoms of brain abscess

A

abscess = brain tumor

have –> brain tumor headache, focal neuro signs, obtundation, herniation

23
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What should you consider when sinusitis with fever, headache, focal seizures, localized tenderness

cause? treat?

A

subdural empyema = collection of pus in subdural space

cause: nearby infection after thrombosis of venous sinus, trauma

do MRI NOT LP, treat with surgical drainage + antibiotic

24
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What are signs of neurosyphilis?

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cranial nerve lesions, subacute-chronic meningitis, neurovascular syphilis, gummas [soft non-cancerious growths], argyll-robinson pupils, dementia, tabes dorsalis, stroke

25
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What is sign of primary syphilis?

A

chancre

26
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What is sign of secondary syphilis?

A

rash on soles of feet and palms

27
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What are signs of tertiary syphilis?

A

neuro!

  • argyll-robinson pupil
  • dementia
  • tabes dorsalis
  • stroke
28
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What does positive CSF VDRL mean?

A

pt has neurosyphilis

29
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what does negative CSF VDRL mean?

A

does not rule out neurosyphilis

30
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What does negative CSF FTA [fluorescent treponemal antibody] mean?

A

rules out neurosyphilis

31
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What does positive CSF FTA [fluorescent treponemal antibody] mean?

A

does not make diagnosis of neurosyphilis

32
Q

What causes lyme disease?

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borrelia burgdorferi tick in place > 24 hrs

33
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What are early, early disseminated, and late signs of lyme disease?

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early: erythema migrans

early disseminated: headache, stiff neck, myalgias, arthralgias, myocarditis with conduction blocks

late persistent: cognitive, arthritis

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Who usually gets cryptococcal meningitis? signs?

A

usually AIDS T Cell < 200

budding yeast

high OP, low gluc, high protein

35
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Who gets invasive aspergillosis?

A

pt with impaired immunity

36
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What is mucormycosis? characteristics?

A

aggressive fungal infection
often w/ diabetics
spread along arteries beyond nasal sinuses into brain, involve orbit/eye/bone/brain
frontal lobe abscess

37
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What are chracteristics of candidiasis?

A

typically cause microabscesses more than meningitis

pseudohyphae

38
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What is creutzfeldt-jakob disease [CJD]?

A

prion disease
progressive, rapid, fatal
abnormal folded proteins [prions] fill brain

present: rapid dementia, myoclonus, ataxia

39
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What are characteristics of toxoplasmosis?

A

multiple ring enhancing lesions
most immunocompetent individuals are asymptomatic

if HIV: treat

40
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What is encephalitis?

A

viral infection of encephalon

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What are signs of encephalitis?

A

confusion, personality change, altered mental status, fever, seizures

more likely altered consciousness, less likely headache

42
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What are common causes of encephalitis?

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acute: polio, rabies

subacute/chronic: HIV, JC virus, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis [measles]

seasonal: enterovirus [autum], herpes/arbovirus [summer]

43
Q

Match virus and disease:

HSV-1
HSV-2

meningitis
encephalitis

A

HSV-1 encephalitis

HSV-2 meningitis

44
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What are signs of herpes simplex encephalitis?

A

high mortality/morbidity

aphasia, impaired memory, other limbic symptoms

45
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What is treatment for herpes simplex encephalitis?

A

acyclovir

46
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How do you diagnose herpes simplex encephalitis?

A

PCR for HSV virus
RBCs in CSF
temporal-lobe spikes on EEG

47
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What happens in polio?

A

loss of motor neurons from anterior horns

48
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What happens in rabies?

A

negri bodies = neuronal intracytoplasmic inclusions

49
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What causes subactue sclerosing panencephalitis? signs?

A

defective measles virus
symptoms 6-10 yrs after primary infection

signs: rapid progressive dementia, ataxia, myoclonic jerks

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