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Viral infections Flashcards

1
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meningitis (no cutaneous lesions)

A

varicella zoster (reactivation, shingles)

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meningitis - young children

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parecho virus

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3
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meningitis - plus or minus parotitis

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mumps

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4
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meningitis enterovirus (Non specific flu like symptoms)

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poliovirus

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5
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meningitis other

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HSV 2

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6
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encephalitis - retrovirus

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HIV 1 + 2

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7
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encephalitis - herpes

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vzv
hsv1
hhv6

immunocomprimised
ebv/cmv

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8
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encephalitis - rare

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rabies

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encephalitis - equine borne, eastern, western, venezualan

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togavirus

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10
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encephalitis - tick borne - west nile and europe

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Flavivirus (Japanese B)

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11
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infection of spinal cord

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HIV

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12
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myelitis and reticulitis

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VZV/CMV ( secondary to HIV?)

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13
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infections of spinal cord, drg and brainstem

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poliovirus and HTLV1/2

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14
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mildest infection

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enterovirus (often self limiting)

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15
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most severe infection

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HSV

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16
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can cause paralytic polio, faecal oral

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enterovirus

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17
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aseptic meningitis caused by…

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enterovirus

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18
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aseptic meningitis due to… (3)

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inflamm eg SLE/sarcoid
chronic inflam eg BMT/chemo/agammaglobulinaemia
partially treated bacterial meningitis

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19
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aseptic meningitis most common in…

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under 40s - babies

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20
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aseptic meningitis features (6)

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no altered neuro function
sore throat
nandv
headache
neck stiffness
photophobia
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21
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aseptic meningitis presentation - neonates (5)

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irritable
fever
off food
abnormal LFT
normal CSF
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22
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aseptic meningitis complication

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fulminant multi organ failure

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23
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CSF changes enterovirus - white cells

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very elevated lymphocytes

24
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CSF changes enterovirus - protein

25
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CSF changes glucose enterovirus

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1.0-1.7 below serum

26
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enterovirus CSF changes could indicate… (3)

A

tb
lymphocytic leukaemia
abcess

27
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enterovirus management

A

symptomatic
good prognosis
may be recurrent if HSV

28
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sporadic encephalitis causes (3)

A

hsv1/2
EBV
VZV

29
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hsv location

A

temporal lobe
ipsilateral olfactory nerve

(unilateral oribtofrontotemporal) diffuse in children

30
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cowdry a inclusions (nuclear DNA)

31
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infection in utero/parturition - genital infection shedding

32
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HSV1
HSV2
which recurrs more often?

33
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winter and spring sporadic encephalitis

34
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sporadic encephalitis along sensory nerves to ganglia

A

vsv (shingles)

35
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rare respiratory spread of sporadic encephalitis

36
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GBS complication

37
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opthalmalgic trigeminal pain, dysaesthesia before rash, persistent pain

38
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CSF pleocytosis and inc protein

39
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complications of ebv (7)

A 
aseptic meningitis
encephalitis
gbs
bells palsy
transverse myelitis
acute cerebellar syndrome
40
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lymphoma can develop if immunocomprimised

41
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EBV - easy or difficult to recover?

42
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post infectious encephalitis - rare (5)

A

measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, influenza

43
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chronic progressive encephalitis (2)

A

hiv
rabies

sspe
pml

44
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SSPE symptoms

A

dementia, motor disturbance, cerebellar ataxia, myoclonic jerks, seizures, focal retinopathy

45
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SSPE age

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7-8y/o (3:1 M:F)

46
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PML virus

A

papovavirus

47
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PML pathology

A

kills oligos, transforms astrocytes, white matter necrosis

48
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PML inital infection

49
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PML virus found in…

A

urine and throat

50
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PML symptoms

A

visual, motor, cognitive and speech probs - death in 3-6months

51
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PML treatment

A

no cytosine arabinoside
no JCV antigen
no serology

must restore immunocompetence

52
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Epidemic encephalitis characteristics (3)

A

seasonal
tick borne?
mosquitoes?

53
Q

detect vzv/hsv by…

54
Q

detect enterovirus/arbovirus by…

55
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CNS SOL manifestations of hiv

A

toxoplasmosis, lymphoma, PML, tuberculoma

56
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CNS diffuse manifestations of hiv

A

cryptococcal, meningitis, acute infection, dementia

57
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sspe virus

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