Path IX Flashcards
bacterial meningitis can cause what in veins
thrombosis in vein or sinuses
common agents in viral encephalitis
arboviruses
CMV
Herpes
HIV
rabies
polyomavirus
which viruses have intranuclear inclusions for viral encephalitis
CMV and herpes
signs herpes encephalitis
HA fever neck stiffness drowsiness coma focal neurologic signs
prognosis herpes encephalitis
usually fatal, rapid course
which area of brain first affected by herpes encephalitis
frontal and temporal lobes
prognosis herpes encephalitis with Tx
25-50% still die
sequelae of herpes encephalitis
behavioral abnormalities, memory disturbances, other neurologic deficits of varying severity
gross picture of brain with herpes encephalitis
redness on brain
usually bottom of brain
loss of definition of grey and white matter
chromatin pushed to side of nucleus because of inclusion
herpes encephalitis
herpes destroys what brain tissue
parenchyma
attacks microglia
form multinucleated giant cells
HSV causes what in neonate
necrotizing encephalitis that cause diffuse melt down of brain
No primary favoritism to temporal and frontal lobes
neonate MRI with CMV
periventricular calcifications
ventriculomegaly
abnormal gyri
microcephaly
rabies is carried in what animals
foxes, raccoons, skunk, bats and dogs
incubation period for rabies
10 days to a year
signs rabies
HA fever malaise and difficulty swallowing
progression rabies
stupor coma and death
negri bodies
rabies
what are negri bodies
proteins made by rabies virus
exposed to bats in cave and hace HA fever malaise
rabies encephalitis
what causes Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
JC or BK virus
JC brain
BK urinary tract
PML infection in humans
asymptomatic alot
can have reactivation and cause damage to white matter
infects and destroys oligodendrocytes