Central nervous system infections — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The meningoencephalitis caused by West nile virus can result in _____ and coma

Answer: seizures

Flashcard 2: Cauda equina syndrome is commonly due to epidural cord compression from a _____

Answer: malignancy

Flashcard 3: Lung abscess commonly occurs in patients predisposed to _____ (e.g. alcoholics, epileptics)

Answer: loss of consciousness

Flashcard 4: CSF protein in viral meningitis is _____ (normal, inc, dec.)

Answer: increased

Flashcard 5: Macrolides can be used to treat _____ caused by S. pneumonia, H. infuenza, and Moraxella catarrhalis.

Answer: community aquired pneumonia

Flashcard 6: HSV-1 induced temporal lobe encephalitis can present as seizures, aphasia and _____

Answer: altered mental status

Flashcard 7: The most common cause of meningitis in teenagers is _____ infection

Answer: Neisseria meningitidis

Flashcard 8: Pneumocyctis pneumonia

Answer:

Extra: diffuse bilateral infiltrates on CXR

Flashcard 9: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can affect the _____, _____, _____, _____, and _____.

Answer: CNS

Flashcard 10: prostatitis

Answer: acute - bacterial infection chronic - usually sterile

Extra: in male: dysuria, urinary frequency, urgency, low back pain