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| Characterisitcs of viral meningitis CSF profile |
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| Normal to high opening pressure, low cellularity but high lymphocytes, normal glucose, normal to slightly high protein, negative gram stain |
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| Common viral causes of meningitis |
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| Enterovirus (cocksackie, echovirus), HSV, arbovirus, HIV |
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| Less common viral causes of meningitis |
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| varicella, EBV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, mumps |
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| Most common cause of viral meningitis |
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| Recurrent inflammation of the meninges |
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| Enterovirus diagnosis and treatment |
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| CSF PCR / supportive and IVIG if agammaglobulinemic |
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| Diagnosis and treatment for HSV-2 |
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| Diagosis and treatment of HIV meningitis |
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| triad of meningitis + weakness, AMS and seizure |
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| Pathology seen in viral encephalitis |
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Definition
| Inclusion bodies, microglial nodules, gross hemorrhage/swelling/necrosis, lymphocytic infiltration |
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| Common causes of viral encephalitis |
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Definition
| HSV, Arbovirus (West Nile, La Crosse), St Louis encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis |
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| Less common causes of viral encephalitis |
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Definition
| Rabies, certain types of arbovirus, CMV, enterovirus, mumps |
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| Neonatal HSV encephalitis |
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Definition
| Brain liquefication and 100% mortality |
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| CSF analysis (WBC 50-500, lymphocytes, elevated protein, normal glucose), PCR*, brain biopsy |
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| Flaviridiae (Japanese, St Louis, West Nile), togaviridiae (equine), bunyaviridiae (La Crosse) |
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| Common characteristic of WNV |
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| Asymptomatic seroconversion (80%) |
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| Eastern equine encephalitis |
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| US Atlantic/Gulf coasts, June to October, biphasic age distribution, seizures and focal signs, IgM in CSF with high WBC count, high mortality |
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| Western equine encephalitis |
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| Western/Midwestern US in infants, much less deadly, similar to EEE presentation |
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| south, central US, Canada, Caribbean, June - August, birds are the animal host, GU complaints of dysuria, urgency, frequency, hematuria and incontinence, mortality is moderate |
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| California serogroup encephalitis (includes LaCrosse) |
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| US midwest and northeast most affected, carried by bunnies, seizure presentation but does not affect elderly, june to septempber, mortality is low |
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| Similar to West Nile but occurs in Asia; most US cases are military personnel |
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