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| This refers to inflammation of the brain |
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| There are no fenestrations on the endothelium here |
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| There is a thick basement membrane here |
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| There are astrocyte "feet" surrounding the capillary her |
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| The endothelium here is fenestrated |
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| There is a thin basement membrane here |
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| There is a tight junction between the choroid plexus and epithelium here |
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| This refers to inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cords |
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| This virus can be present in skin and mucosal lesions, move along peripheral nerves, and invade dorsal root ganglia alongside the vertebral column |
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| This virus can infect muscle tissues, enter peripheral nerves, travel to the CNS, and multiply in neurones and glial cells |
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| The normal CSF:plasma ratio of glucose |
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| High lymphocytes, high monocytes, moderately high protein, and normal glucose levels would be seen in this |
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| 'Aseptic" meningitis - usually viral |
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| Very high neutrophils, low glucose, high protein, cloudy CSF, and bacteria that can usually be cultured would be seen in this |
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| 'Pyogenic' - bacterial invasion |
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| The immune response to which of these is more rapid and inflammatory - bacterial or viral |
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| The name of special macrophages in the brain |
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| Large numbers of immune cells squeezing through blood vessels from CSF into the brain can cause this fault in the barriers of the CNS |
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| The most common cause of bacterial meningitis |
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| Most common clinical presentation of acute bacterial meningitis |
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| Fever, stiff neck, altered mental state, headache, and rash are all clinical presentations of what? |
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| Acute bacterial meningitis |
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| A rash is seen in this percentage of people with acute bacterial meningitis |
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| Examination of this is the gold standard of diagnosis of bacterial meningitis |
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| Is neisseria menigitidis gram negative or gram positive |
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| How neisseria menigitidis attacks the host |
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| Express lipopolysaccharide or endotoxin |
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| These people are most susceptible to neisseria menigitidis infection |
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| Kids under 3 months and adolescents |
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| Is there a vaccine for the serogroup B of neisseria menigitidis, the most common form in Aus? |
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| How you treat neisseria menigitidis |
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| Intravenous benzylpenicillin or if allergic 3rd generation cephalosporin |
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| Would you give dexamethosone or rifampicin to someone (people over 2 months old) with a neisseria menigitidis infection |
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| The second most common cause of bacterial meningitis |
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| Is streptococcus pneumoniae gram negative or positive |
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| The most common cause of bacterial meningitis in adults with a 20-60% mortality rate |
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| When Streptococcus pneumoniae is identified, you treat with this for 10 days |
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| Why you would give dexamethosone to people over 2 months old with bacterial meningitis |
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| It is least likely that this is the cause of bacterial meningitis |
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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| Treatment with isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and streptomycin or ethambutol for this cause of bacterial meningitis |
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| Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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| Is there a vaccination to prevent mycobacterium tuberculosis infection? |
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| Is haemophilus influenzae gram negative or positive |
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| Most healthy people carry non-capsular strains of this potential cause of menigitis in the throat |
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