Neuromusculoskeletal II-(Dr.Lovell) Flash Cards

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Title: Neuromusculoskeletal II-(Dr.Lovell)
Description: Scribe 30-General Information on CNS Infections
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Author: AnitaHafeez9
Created: 2007-09-12
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    • Question
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    • Side 3
    • inflammation of the dura (rare)
    • pachymeningitis
    • inflammation of the arachnoid and pia
    • leptomeningitis
    • generalized inflammation of the spinal cord parenchyma
    • myelitis
    • inflammation of nerve roots
    • radiculitis/radiculopathy
    • inflammation of peripheral nerves
    • neuritis/neuropathy
    • inflammation of ventricles or ventricular lining
    • ependymitis
    • Purulent reactions with PMNs and necrosis are associated with what infectious agent?
    • bacterial agents
    • Granulomatous reactions are associated with what infectious agent?
    • fungal agents
    • Lymphocytic response is associated with what infectious agent?
    • viral agent
    • Damage to brain parenchyma is known as....
    • gliosis
    • Damage to meninges is known as....
    • fibrosis
    • What is the cause?
      Located epidural & subdural abscess/empyema.
    • Bacterial (Mostly streptococcus & staphylococcus)
    • What are the 3 types of meningitis?
    • 1.Acute pyogenic
      2.Acute lymphocytic
      3.Chronic
    • What is a classic sign of meningitis?
    • Nuchal rigidity
    • What's the cause?
      1.multiple widespread areas of involvement
      2.tropism
      3.perivascular cuffing
      4.inclusion bodies
      5.glial nodules
      6.increase protein, varying numbers of lymphocytes
      7.immunosuppressed individual
    • -Usually viral (toxoplasmosis, rickettsia)
      -Encephalitis & Encephalomyelitis
    • Whats the cause?
      1.The most common type of non-epidemic encephalitis
      2.Amenable to acyclovir therapy
      3.RBCs present in CSF
      4.olfactory hallucinations due to temporal lobe involvement
      5.Frontal and Temporal lobes as well as cingulated gyrus
    • HSV encephalitis
    • What are the usual etiologic agents of intracerebral abscess?
    • 1.Pyogenic bacteria (strep & staph)
      2.Granuloma
    • What is characterized by:
      1.Inner, central area of liquefactive necrosis
      2.Area of inflammatory cells and fibrosis
      3.Area of proliferating vessels and edema
      4.Outer layer of reactive gliosis
    • Intracerebral Abscess
    • What is the etiologic agent of CNS Syphilis?
    • T. pallidum
    • Meningovasculitis, General Paresis, and Tabes Dorsalis are characteristics of what?
    • CNS syphilis