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This is the hallmark CSF finding of meningitis

What is elevated WBC

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This organism carries the highest mortality amongst bacterial causes of meningitis

What is Streptococcus pneumonia

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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

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Treatment duration for Listeria meningitis

What is 21 days


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The three commonly used class of medications that can cause aseptic meningitis

What are NSAIDs, Sulfa antibiotics and beta-lactams

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This infection has a biphasic pattern and can present with aseptic meningitis, severe hepatic and renal dysfunction 

What is Leptospirosis

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IDSA guideline treatment options for this patient from Upstate NY with aseptic meningitis and rash

What is:

- iv Ceftriaxone

- OraƂ Doxycycline

- iv Cefotaxime

- iv Penicillin

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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

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This antibiotic has been associated with "shake" and "bake"

What is Amphotericin B

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Bacterial organism causing meningitis that grows best at 4 degrees C

What is Listeria monocytogenes

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Bacterial infection that can present as subacute purulent sporotrichoid skin lesions, lung mass and brain mass, especially in immunocompromised patients

What is Nocardia



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

What is Dengue 

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Likely diagnosis in this patient from Honduras with CSF lymphocytic predominant pleocytosis, elevated protein and neg MTB PCR


What is Tuberculosis



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This commonly used iv antibiotic for bacterial meningitis can lead to development of biliary sludge

What is Ceftriaxone

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Viral meningitis associated with low glucose in the CSF

What are LCM, Mumps, Adenovirus

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Tick borne infection that can present with fever and meningitis, with highest per capita incidence rate in Oklahoma

What is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

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The commonest cause of this condition which can also cause meningitis

What is Herpes Simplex virus

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The commonest cause of this infection

What is Staph aureus

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Per European guidelines, number of hours from receiving antibiotics in bacterial meningitis that steroids can still be used

What is 4 hours

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Name of the large atypical appearing cells seen in the CSF in recurrent lymphocytic meningitis caused by HSV

What are Mollaret's cells


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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

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

What is Actinomyces

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This systemic condition can cause a meningitis with CSF hypoglycorrachia and eosinophilia

What is Sarcoidosis 

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WHO first line treatment for Cryptococcal meningitis

What is Liposomal Ampho B 10 mg/kg x 1, high dose oral fluconazole plus flucytosine