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