Nervous System Infections Flashcards
A 30-year-old patient with limb pain and reduced distal muscle strength. A
lymphocyte examination shows elevated proteins and lymphocytosis. What is
it?
a. multiple sclerosis
b. Guillain-Barre syndrome
c. Borrelia radiculoneuropathy
c. Borrelia radiculoneuropathy
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is caused by:
a. measles virus
b. Rubella virus
c. mumps virus
d. JC virus
It is
characterised
by:
e. cognitive decline
f. myoclonus
g. epileptic seizures
h. all of the above
and prove it by:
i. characteristic changes in the EEG, periodic sharp waves
j. isolation of the virus from liquor
k. positive IgG antibodies to measles virus in the blood
l. positive IgG antibodies to measles virus in the lymph
a. measles virus
h. all of the above
l. positive IgG antibodies to measles virus in the lymph
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is not seen in patients:
a. treated with interferon beta
b. treated with natalizumab
c. with AIDS
d. after liver transplantation
a. treated with interferon beta
Signs of tuberculous meningitis do not include:
a. brain nerve involvement
b. cachexia
c. paraparesis
d. temperatures over 39°C
d. temperatures over 39°C
Which bacteria does not cause meningitis?
a. Clostridium tetani
b. Borrelia burgdorferi
c. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
d. pneumococcus
e. meningococca
e. meningococca
HIV dementia is not specific to HIV:
a. the most common neurological syndrome in AIDS
b. cortical dementia
c. subcortical dementia
d. apathy
b. cortical dementia
The most common cause of acute bacterial meningitis in adults is:
a. pneumococcus
b. meningococcal
c. Staphylococcus aureus
d. Listeria monocytogenes
a. pneumococcus
Bacterial meningitis is treated when we receive the diagnosis:
a. CT heads
b. hemogram
c. staining for bacteria in the liquor
d. Basic Liquor Report
d. Basic Liquor Report
The drug of choice for bacterial meningitis if the causative organism is not isolated is:
a. acyclovir
b. ciprofloxacin
c. cefotaxime
d. vancomycin
c. cefotaxime
We will administer an antibiotic for bacterial meningitis:
a. per person
b. intrathecally
c. intramuscular
d. intravenous
d. intravenous
Herpes zoster most commonly affects:
a. cervical segments
b. thoracic segments
c. lumbar segments
d. Sacred segments
b. thoracic segments
The area of the brain most commonly affected by the herpes virus:
a. temporal lobe
b. Occipital chain
c. limbic chain
d. parietal chain
a. temporal lobe
What is the most common neurological manifestation of borreliosis?
a. facial nerve involvement
b. meningoencephalitis
c. meningoradiculitis
b. meningoencephalitis
All of these diseases cause cognitive decline. Early diagnosis is most
important for:
a. tuberculous meningitis
b. Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease
c. Alzheimer’s disease
d. progressive supranuclear palsy
Why?
e. because dementia is reversible
a. tuberculous meningitis
e. because dementia is reversible
In the prodromal phase of tuberculous meningitis, we may find:
a. Cerebral nerve impairment
b. meningeal signs
c. behavioural changes
d. long stripes, especially pyramidal
e. vomiting
c. behavioural changes