Sterile/STI Flashcards
Choroid Plexus
CSF formed, glucose homeostasis
Astrocyte
blood-brain barrier
Meningitis
meninges inflammation, older -Neisseria meningitidis/S pneumoniae common, H influ (babies/young children) worldwide
Neonate meninges
GBS, E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes
Tube 3
BAP/CHOC, GS, >1ml centrifuge, latex (ecoli, nmen, GBS)
- Neisseria meningitidis
glucose/maltose, GN diplococci/intracellular, NF nasal, prophylactic antibiotics
Meningococcemia
petechial rash, bloodstream sepsis, dry gangrene, to DIC/septic shock
Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome
adrenal gland hemorrhage, complication of meningococcemia
- Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (yellow)
GN nonmotile rod, oxidase/indole/gelatinase, DNase+, NG MAC, col(R)/van(s)
- Listeria monocytogenes
P coccobacilli, listeriosis, gastroenteritis, GBS-like symptom and plate (small/translucent/beta), umbrella/tumbling, CAMP, HH+, esculin
- Rabies
bullet shape, Negri body, dystonia (contraction), dyphagia (no swallow), rabies immune globulin
- Polio Virus
fecal-oral, crippling, Salk (inactivated IPV)/Sabin (live oral OPV), poliomyelitis
Fluid culture
BAP (CO2), CHOC (CO2), CDC (Anaerobic), MAC, Thio
Pericardial
cardiac tamponade, pericardiocentesis
Peritoneal fluid
liver disease, ascitic fluid/ascites, mesentery (supporting membrane)