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CNS Infections
Neuro Assessment 9
9
Anatomy
Graduate
10/24/2011

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How do antibiotics cause meningeal damage?
Definition
Antibiotics-> Lyse bacteria-> wall fragments-> cytokines interleukins, & inflammatory cascade-> vasculitis & thrombophlebitis
Term
What is used to reduce CNS damage?
Definition
Dexamethasone
Term
Most common pathogens that cause bacterial meningitis in age 2 months - adults?
Definition
pneumococcus
meningococcus
Term
What are common pathogens that cause bacterial meningitis in Neonates?
Definition
Group B Strep
E. coli
Listeria
Term
Who can listeria cause bacterial meningitis in?
Definition
Immune suppressed
Pregnancy
Elderly
Neonates
Term
What bugs have to be considered if there is trauma or post-neurosurgery?
Definition
Staph Aureus
Gram Negative organisms
Pneumococcus
Term
What is Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome?
Definition
Hemorrhagic necrosis of the adrenal glands, can cause Addisonian crisis
Term
What is the most common bacterial pathogen responsible for causing community acquired meningitis?
Definition
Pneumococcus
Term
What are the risk factors for Pneumococcal Meningitis?
Definition
alcoholism
chronic middle ear infection
infection of the cranial sinuses
CSF leaks
pneumonia
Sickle cell disease
Asplenia
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