Microbiology Systems II Flashcards
newborn meningitis - birth - 6mo
group B strep
E. coli
listeria
child meningitis - 6mo - 6yr
strep pneumo
neisseria meningitidis
h flu type B
enterovirus
meningitis 6yr to 60yr
strep pneumo
neisseria (#1 in teens)
enterovirus
HSV
meningitis +60yo
strep pneumo
gram negative rod
listeria
tx meningitis
ceftriaxone and vancomycin empirically
-add ampicillin if suspect listeria
viral meningitis
enterovirus HSV-2 HIV west nile VZV
HSV-1
encephalitis
meningitis in HIV
cryptococcus
h. flu meningitis
decreased since h. flu vaccine
-often unimmunized children
bacterial meningitis CSF
high pressure
high PMNs
high protein
low sugar
viral meningitis
normal or elevated pressure
high lymphocytes
normal sugar
normal or elevated protein
fungal/TB meningitis
high opening pressure
high lymphocytes
high protein
low sugar
brain abscess infection
MC - viridans or staph aureus
multi abscess
bacteremia
single abscess
contiguous site
ex/ otitis media and mastoiditis > temporal lobe and cerebellum
sinusitis or dental infection > frontal lobe
osteomyelitis infection
staph aureus
MC overall
osteomyelitis sex active
neisseria gonorrhea
sickle cell osteomyelitis
salmonella
staph aureus
prosthetic joint osteomyelitis
staph aureus
staph epidermidis
vertebral involvement osteomyelitis
staph aureus
TB - pott disease