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Question	Answer
arbo viruses that are near invasive	west nile, eee, wee and california (la cross ) are nationally notifiable
what are the characteristics of a brain abscess
what is a brain abscess	focal infection of the brain parenchyma that can be caused by bacteria fungi or parasites
what is common of a bacterial infection that causes an abscess	it would be a mixed bag of microbes usually representative of bacteria found in the mouth
what are the common etiologies of a brain abscess	streptococcus, pseudomonas, staphylococci, prevotella, bacteroides, fusobacterium, propionibacterium, peptostreptococcus, enterobactericeae, mycobacteria, cryptococcus neoformans
characteristics of streptococcus	gram positive coccus
characteristics of pseudomonas	gram negative, aerobic, rods, polar flagulated
characteristics of staphylococci	gram positive, cocci
characteristics of prevotella	gram negative
characteristics of bacteroides	obligately anaerobic, gram negative rod
characteristics of fusobacterium	obligately anaerobic gram negative fusiform
characteristics of propionibacterium	gram positive rod
characteristics of peptostreptocoous	anaerobic, gram positive, non spore forming, cocci
characteristics of enterobactericeae	gram negative, rod, facultatively anaerobic
characteristics of mycobacteria	aerobic, non motile, gram positive
characteristics of cryptococcus neoformans	encapsulated yeast, stains gram positive, india pink ink used for visualization in spinal fluid
what are the three cellular pathways that can be used to cross the BBB	paracellular, transcellular and the trojan horse mechanism
describe the transcellular pathway	penetration vis a receptor mediated endocytosis or macropinocytosis, characterized by cytoskeletal rearrangements at the area of bacterial interaction with the host cell membrane
describe paracellular pathway	entry due to increased BBB permeability usually due to opening of tight junctions or of increased pinocytotic activity and the formation of transendothelial channels
desirous the trojan horse mechanism	transmigration with infected leukocytes
what microbes utilize transcellular pathway	E. coli (receptor), GBS, Listeria monocytogenes, streptococus pnemoniae (receptor), candida albicans, cryptococcus neoformans, HIV
what microbes utilize paracellular pathway	borelia burgdoferi, treponema pallidum
what microbes use the trojan horse (infected leukocyte) pathway	HIV, SIV
what is encephalitis	infection of the cerebral cortex, usually viral two major categories, human to human and zoonotic (animal contact)
etiologies of human to human encephalitis	HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV, CMV, influenza, HIV
etiologies of zoonotic encephalitis	arbovirus, rabies

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