Meningitis

Question 1

What is Meningitis

Answer 1

inflammatory disease of the leptomeninges, the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord

…defined by an abnormal number of white blood cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

Question 2

What are the major causes of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults in developed countries ?

Answer 2

Streptococcus pneumoniae
Neisseria meningitides
Listeria monocytogenes

Question 3

What is the maintained CSF pressure in healthy adults?

Answer 3

CSF pressure less than 150 mm H20

Question 4

What are the meninges consist of three parts?

Answer 4

• Pia
• Arachnoid
• Dura maters

Question 5

What is the classic triad of meninges?

Answer 5

• Change in Mental Status
• Fever
• Nuchal Rigidity

Question 6

What is the Most common cause of meningitis in adults

Answer 6

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 7

What are common s/s of adult meningitis?

Answer 7

• Watch neurological changes – hearing loss
• Seizures
• Papilledema
• Cerebral infarction

Question 8

s/s of Neisseria Meningitis

Answer 8

Characteristic skin changes

- Petechiae and palpable purpura

Question 9

what is the normal csf production rate?

Answer 9

20 ml/hr

Question 10

> 3 polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs)/microL are abnormal in adults

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

An elevated CSF WBC concentration does not diagnose an infection, since increases in the CSF WBC concentration can occur in a variety of both infectious and noninfectious inflammatory states

Answer 11

TRUE

Question 12

What are the two major tests performed in the chemistry laboratory on CSF?

Answer 12

determination of protein and glucose concentrations.