Central nervous system infections US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Central nervous system infections Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Most cases of primary tuberculosis occur in _____ and the immunocompromised (demographic)
Answer: children
Flashcard 2: _____ the most common congenital infection (developed world)
Answer: CMV
Flashcard 3: Which congenital infection presents as chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, and intracranial calcifications?_____
Answer: Congenital toxoplasmosis
Flashcard 4: _____ is a ToRCHeS infection that presents with hearing loss, seizures, petechial rash and a "blueberry muffin" rash.
Answer: CMV
Flashcard 5: Changes in brain structure associated with CMV can result in mental retardation and _____
Answer: seizures
Flashcard 6: The measles rash starts on the _____ and moves _____-wards
Answer: face
Extra:
https://onlinemeded.org/spa/infectious-disease?ref=anki
Flashcard 7: What is the likely diagnosis in a child that presents with fever and signs of heart failure ~1 week after an URI?
_____
Answer: Viral myocarditis
Extra:
* preceded by ~1 week of flu-like symptoms
Watch Myocarditis [https://dashboard.sketchy.com/study/medical/courses/medical-pathophysiology/units/medical-pathophysiology-cardiac/videos/medical-pathophysiology-cardiac-myocardial-and-pericardial-disorders-myocarditis?utm_source=anki&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=february_update&utm_content=medical]
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Flashcard 8: Narrowing of the _____ and _____ region produces the "steeple sign" on CXR of croup (parainfluenza virus)
Answer: trachea
Extra:
Watch associated Bootcamp video [https://app.bootcamp.com/med-school/pulmonology/videos/lung-pathology-fundamentals?index=4]
https://onlinemeded.org/spa/infectious-disease?ref=anki
Flashcard 9: Which demographic is commonly associated with Yersinia enterocolitica?
_____
Answer: Toddlers
Extra:
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Flashcard 10: Roseola is a DNA virus that presents with a rash that starts on the _____ and moves _____-wards
Answer: neck/trunk
Extra:
Watch HHV 6, roseola (Herpesviridae) [https://dashboard.sketchy.com/study/medical/courses/medical-microbiology/units/medical-microbiology-viruses/videos/medical-microbiology-viruses-dna-viruses-hhv-6-roseola-herpesviridae?utm_source=anki&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=february_update&utm_content=medical] Watch associated Bootcamp video [https://app.bootcamp.com/med-school/neurology/videos/seizures?index=7]
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