Meningitis workshop Flashcards
What are the cardinal signs and symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia?
What 3 types of investigations and treatments are given in a suspected case of TB?
What is the management of meningitis?
What are the 5 different types of rashes and define them?
What are the big 3 bacteria causing meningitis, what are its shapes and order of prognosis?
What are the 4 microbiological investigations for suspected meningitis?
Describe the changes in the CSF glucose, protein and white cell count in the cases of bacterial and viral meningitis?
Explain why and when antigen detection assays are useful?
Why is it important to serotype Neisseria menigitidis?
What is the immediate treatment given to a patient with suspected meningitis and what is the first line treatment of meningitis?
Explain the public health aspects of meningitis?
