This is the hallmark CSF finding of meningitis
What is elevated WBC
This organism carries the highest mortality amongst bacterial causes of meningitis
What is Streptococcus pneumonia
Your diagnosis in HIV positive patient with CD4 count 20, with 3 week H/O headache, no neck stiffness, CSF WBC 6, CSF opening pressure 39

What is Cryptococcal meningitis
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Your diagnosis?
What is Herpes simplex virus
Treatment duration for Listeria meningitis
What is 21 days

The three commonly used class of medications that can cause aseptic meningitis
What are NSAIDs, Sulfa antibiotics and beta-lactams
This infection has a biphasic pattern and can present with aseptic meningitis, severe hepatic and renal dysfunction
What is Leptospirosis

IDSA guideline treatment options for this patient from Upstate NY with aseptic meningitis and rash
What is:
- iv Ceftriaxone
- OraĆ Doxycycline
- iv Cefotaxime
- iv Penicillin

Antibiotic regimen of choice for 42 year old female with chronic dental caries admitted with 2 week H/O headache
What is ceftriaxone and metronidazole
This antibiotic has been associated with "shake" and "bake"
What is Amphotericin B
Bacterial organism causing meningitis that grows best at 4 degrees C
What is Listeria monocytogenes
Bacterial infection that can present as subacute purulent sporotrichoid skin lesions, lung mass and brain mass, especially in immunocompromised patients
What is Nocardia


Illness with fever, rash and rarely meningitis, also known as breakbone fever
What is Dengue

Likely diagnosis in this patient from Honduras with CSF lymphocytic predominant pleocytosis, elevated protein and neg MTB PCR
What is Tuberculosis
This commonly used iv antibiotic for bacterial meningitis can lead to development of biliary sludge
What is Ceftriaxone
Viral meningitis associated with low glucose in the CSF
What are LCM, Mumps, Adenovirus
Tick borne infection that can present with fever and meningitis, with highest per capita incidence rate in Oklahoma
What is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

The commonest cause of this condition which can also cause meningitis
What is Herpes Simplex virus

The commonest cause of this infection
What is Staph aureus
Per European guidelines, number of hours from receiving antibiotics in bacterial meningitis that steroids can still be used
What is 4 hours
Name of the large atypical appearing cells seen in the CSF in recurrent lymphocytic meningitis caused by HSV
What are Mollaret's cells

Hispanic construction worker living in California for the past 10 years admitted with a 2 week H/O headache, fever, altered mental status


What is Balamuthia mandrallis

This genus used to be implicated in empyema necessitans can also cause brain abscesses
What is Actinomyces

This systemic condition can cause a meningitis with CSF hypoglycorrachia and eosinophilia
What is Sarcoidosis
WHO first line treatment for Cryptococcal meningitis
What is Liposomal Ampho B 10 mg/kg x 1, high dose oral fluconazole plus flucytosine