PPT-ENLS Version 4.0 Meningitis And Encephalitis

Content Katharina M Busl MD MS Ricardo A Hernandez MD William J Meurer MD MS Sarah Peacock DNP APRN ACNPBC Sandra DW Buttram MD Slides Chris Robinson DO        . A. Bacterial Infections of the Nervous System. 1. Bacterial Meningitis. A) Although bacteria can infect the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, they more commonly infect the meninges and cerebrospinal fluids resulting in meningitis. Overview. Type of . Paraneoplastic. . encephalitis, . immune-mediated . encephaltis. Disturbance of memory, behavior, cognition, seizure can result from autoimmune encephalitis, . paraneoplastic. manifestation of a neoplasm.. Evidence Based Management . M. Amir Hossain . Professor (Medicine). Chittagong Medical Colle, Bangladesh. Introduction. Encephalitis means . inflammation of the brain parenchyma,. and strictly speaking this is a pathological diagnosis. Areej. Al . Daur. . Aya. . Ferwana. . Bara’a. . Sheek. Al . Eed. TO:. Dr.Ayham. Abu . Laila. Let’s begin with . Bara’a. Bacterial . infection. Bacterial infection in . CNS. Faculty of Medicine. Al-Balqa Applied University. Email: ali.alkhader@bau.edu.jo. How can microbes enter the nervous system?. Hematogenous. …the most common. . …mostly arterial. . …can be from facial veins (through anastomoses with venous sinuses of the skull). General Public Fact Sheet What is encephalitis? It is a swelling of the brain. It has many parasites, and toxins. transmitted by mosquitoes or ticks, it is common in the summer and early fall. How La Crosse viral encephalitis is a severe disease of the central nervous system affecting persons of all ages, but usually children. (Encephalitis means inflammation of the brain.) headache, drowsine Z. LACROSSE ENCEPHALITIS This fact sheet is for provider information only. If you have questions, please call the health department. Crosse encephalitisvirus (LACV)is a mosquitoborne illness. It 166 Update on Tropical Fever Parotitis strongly suggests mumps encephalitis in an unvaccinated patient with mental Encephalitic rabies usually presents with hydrophobia, aerophobia, pharyngeal spasms, 60 Update on Tropical Fever 61Figure 1: Algorithmic approach to a patient with fever and altered sensorium �������  Specimen . type. : . CSF. Minimum volume. : . 0.5 mL. Turn-around . time. : . 24 . h after receipt to . lab. Orders. : . Orderable in . HealthBridge. and . Tsystem. Limitations. : . This test does not differentiate between . Japanese encephalitis Japanese encephalitis is a mosquito borne zoonotic viral disease, caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). The occurrence of disease is widespread in 24 countries of South- East Asia and Western Pacific region. The main vector of JE is Culex . Viral infections of CNS. (CNS Block , Microbiology : 2016) . Virus neurological diseases. :. Acute viral infections of the CNS.. Chronic . virus neurological diseases. .. . Neurological diseases precipitated by viral infections.. Headache and CSF interpretation on the AMU. 41-year-old male . PMHx. of migraine with aura during adolescence. Admitted 14/7 ago with severe post-coital headache. CT and LP normal (. xanthochromia. negative).