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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE)

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Measles (years after initial infection)

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Viral Encephalitis affecting TEMPORAL LOBE

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HSV-1

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Ring-Enhancing Brain Abscess / Lesion in AIDS

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Toxoplasma gondii

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Meningitis #1

General Causes (3, incl demographic for last 2)?

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CAUSES:

    • Bacterial
  • Viral: Coxsackie virus (Children. Fecal-Oral)
  • Fungal (Immunocompromised p/ts)
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Meningitis #2

Bacterial Causes / Age Group (4 Groups- 3 bacteria in 1st)?

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  • S pneumonia = MC overall*
  • Newborns (0 - 6 months):
    - Strep agalactiae (Group B Strep)
    - E coli
    - Listeria monocytogenes
  • Non-Vacc Infants: H influenza
  • Children + Teens: N meningitidis (also S pneumonia + Enteroviruses)
  • Adults + Elderly: Strep pneumonia (also Listeria + Gram - rods)
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Meningitis #3

Bacterial Cause after Recent Neurosurgery?

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Staph

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Meningitis #4

Listeria Meningitis

RF (5)?

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RF:

  • Neonates
  • Elderly
  • Pregnancy
  • Immunocompromise: HIV/AIDS, Alcoholism
  • Steroid use
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Meningitis #5

Viral Causes (6)?

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    • Coxsackie virus
  • Echovirus
  • HIV
  • HSV-2
  • VZV
  • West Nile virus
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Meningitis #6

Causes in HIV (4: 2 Viruses + 2 Parasites)?

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  • CMV
  • JC virus
  • Cryptococcus
  • Toxoplasmosis (brain abscess)
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Rapidly FATAL Meningoencephalitis

Trans?

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Naegleria fowleri

TRANS: Swimming in freshwater lakes THINK: Nalgene
enters via cribriform plate

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Kluver-Bucy Sx

Assoc?

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HSV-1

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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)

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JC virus

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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
(Postinfectious / Postimmunization)

(2)?

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  • Measles

- VZV

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Brain Cysts + Seizures (Neurocysticercosis)

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Taenia solium (cestode/tapeworm)

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African Sleeping Sickness

Pres (3), Trans?

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Trypanosoma brucei

PRES:

  • “Recurring” fever (due to antigenic variation)
  • Enlarged lymph nodes
  • Somnolence + Coma

TRANS: Tsetse fly

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Otitis Media (CHILDREN)

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S pneumoniae

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“Swimmer’s Ear” + Malignant (in Diabetes) External Otitis

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Neonatal Conjunctivitis

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Follicular Conjunctivitis / Conjunctivitis in 2nd week of life

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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Retinitis

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CMV