Bacterial Meningitis: Definition
Über den Vortrag
Der Vortrag „Bacterial Meningitis: Definition “ von John Fisher, MD ist Bestandteil des Kurses „Year 3 – Internal Medicine“. Der Vortrag ist dabei in folgende Kapitel unterteilt:
- Bacterial Meningitis - Definition
- Epidemiology
Quiz zum Vortrag
What is the most common etiology of bacterial meningitis in newborns?
- Streptococcus agalactiae
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Haemophilus influenza
What is the most common etiology of bacterial meningitis in a 1-year-old child?
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Streptococcus agalactiae
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Haemophilus influenzae
What is the most common etiology of bacterial meningitis in the geriatric population?
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Group B streptococcus
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Streptococcus agalactiae
What is the most common etiology of meningitis?
- Virus
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Streptoccus agalactiae
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Haemophilus influenzae
What is the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in a 15-year-old adolescent?
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Group B streptococcus
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Haemophilus influenzae
Which of the following statements about bacterial meningitis is TRUE?
- It constitutes an infection of the subarachnoid space and the meninges.
- It constitutes an infection of the meninges only.
- In constitutes an infection of the subarachnoid space only.
- It refers to the infection of the cerebral cortex.
- Much like viral meningitis, it is a benign and self-limited disease.
A 61-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department for altered mental status that developed this morning. She has a several-day history of fever and productive cough. Two weeks prior, she developed symptoms of acute bronchitis with hoarseness and nasal congestion, which have been slow to resolve. On exam, she is febrile (102°F) and confused. Her pupils are equal, round, regular, and reactive, but she exhibits a left VI nerve palsy. Her lungs reveal dullness to percussion and bronchial breath sounds in the right lower lung field. The heart and abdominal exam is unremarkable, but her neck is stiff and, when flexed, results in bilateral hip flexion. Complete blood count shows a white blood count of 18,000 with a left shift. Blood cultures are obtained and a lumbar puncture is successfully performed. What is the most likely result of a Gram stain of the cerebrospinal fluid in this patient?
- Gram-positive diplococci
- Gram-positive bacilli
- Gram-negative intracellular diplococci
- Gram-negative extracellular diplococci
- Pleomorphic gram-negative coccobacilli
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Dozent des Vortrages Bacterial Meningitis: Definition
John Fisher, MD
Dr. John F. Fisher is a Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University in the USA.
He obtained his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in 1969. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians (MACP) and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Medicine and Infectious Diseases.
Due to his achievements, he has earned the Annual J. Willis Hurst Teaching Award, the Jane F. Deforges Excellence in Medical Education Award, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America's Clinical Teacher Award.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Fisher teaches courses on Infectious Diseases.
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crystal clear concept.very helpful lecturer.His voice is also very attractive.
