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What brain defense restricts substances from entering the brain by the vascular
system?
A. Meninge
s
B. Blood-brain
barrier
C. Macrophag
es
D. Microgli
a
E. Craniu
m
Learning Objective: 19.02 List the natural defenses present in the nervous system.
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Meningococcemia is
A. Best treated with
penicillin G
B. Associated with vascular collapse, hemorrhage and
petechiae
C. Started from a nasopharyngeal
infection
D. Caused by a gram negative
diplococcus
E. All of the choices are
correct
Learning Objective: 19.04 List the possible causative agents
Learning Objective: diagnostic techniques and prevention/treatment for meningitis and also for neonatal meningitis.
Learning Objective: modes of transmission
Learning Objective: virulence factors
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Learning Objective: diagnostic techniques and prevention/treatment for meningitis and also for neonatal meningitis.
Learning Objective: modes of transmission
Learning Objective: virulence factors
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Cryptococcus neoformans is a
A. Viru
s
B. Bacteri
a
C. Prio
n
D. Fungu
s
E. Helmint
h
Learning Objective: 19.04 List the possible causative agents
Learning Objective: diagnostic techniques and prevention/treatment for meningitis and also for neonatal meningitis.
Learning Objective: modes of transmission
Learning Objective: virulence factors
20.
Agricultural workers and field archaeologists are exposed to this organism which
although entering via the respiratory tract can cause meningitis.
A. Haemophilus
influenzae
B. Coccidioides
immitis
C. Cryptococcus
neoformans
D. Streptococcus
pneumoniae
E. Neisseria
meningitidis
Learning Objective: 19.05 Identify the most common and also the most deadly of the multiple possible causes of meningitis.
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Although many viruses can cause meningitis, the most common viral cause is
A. Herpes
simplex
B. Cytomegalovir
us
C. Arbovir
us
D. Enterovir
us
E. Arenavir
us
Learning Objective: 19.05 Identify the most common and also the most deadly of the multiple possible causes of meningitis.
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The organism found in powdered baby formula which can cause meningitis is:
A. Escherichia coli
O157:H7
B. Escherichia coli
K1
C. Enterobacter
sakazakii
D. Streptococcus
agalactiae
E. Cryptococcus
neoformans
Learning Objective: 19.05 Identify the most common and also the most deadly of the multiple possible causes of meningitis.
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Learning Objective: 19.07 Identify which viruses that can cause encephalitis you should be on the lookout for in your geographical
area.
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Learning Objective: 19.07 Identify which viruses that can cause encephalitis you should be on the lookout for in your geographical
area.
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Learning Objective: 19.07 Identify which viruses that can cause encephalitis you should be on the lookout for in your geographical
area.
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What is the likelihood of a patient infected by West Nile Virus developing West Nile
encephalitis?
A. Less than
1%
B. Between 1% and
10%
C. Between 10% and
15%
D. Greater than
20%
E. Greater than
50%
Learning Objective: 19.07 Identify which viruses that can cause encephalitis you should be on the lookout for in your geographical
area.
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Learning Objective: 19.07 Identify which viruses that can cause encephalitis you should be on the lookout for in your geographical
area.
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Learning Objective: 19.07 Identify which viruses that can cause encephalitis you should be on the lookout for in your geographical
area.
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34.
What organism is the main reservoir and host for Toxoplasma gondii?
A. Ca
t
B. Do
g
C. Mous
e
D. Mosquit
o
E. Raccoo
n
Learning Objective: 19.06 List the possible causative agents
Learning Objective: and subacute encephalitis.
Learning Objective: diagnostic techniques and prevention/treatment for diseases most directly involving the brain. These are:
meningoencephalitis
Learning Objective: encephalitis
Learning Objective: modes of transmission
Learning Objective: virulence factors
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Up to 50% of persons who survived polio as children will suffer from post-polio
syndrome later in life.
TRUE
Learning Objective: 19.08 List the possible causative agents
Learning Objective: botulism and African sleeping sickness.
Learning Objective: diagnostic techniques and prevention/treatment for other diseases in the nervous system. These are: rabies
Learning Objective: modes of transmission
Learning Objective: poliomyelitis
Learning Objective: tetanus
Learning Objective: virulence factors
63.
Tetanus can be prevented with the DTaP childhood immunization and boosters of
the tetanus toxoid.
TRUE
Learning Objective: 19.08 List the possible causative agents
Learning Objective: botulism and African sleeping sickness.
Learning Objective: diagnostic techniques and prevention/treatment for other diseases in the nervous system. These are: rabies
Learning Objective: modes of transmission
Learning Objective: poliomyelitis
Learning Objective: tetanus
Learning Objective: virulence factors
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65.
In both botulism and tetanus, respiratory muscles cannot facilitate breathing and,
if untreated, respiratory collapse leads to death.
TRUE
Learning Objective: 19.08 List the possible causative agents
Learning Objective: botulism and African sleeping sickness.
Learning Objective: diagnostic techniques and prevention/treatment for other diseases in the nervous system. These are: rabies
Learning Objective: modes of transmission
Learning Objective: poliomyelitis
Learning Objective: tetanus
Learning Objective: virulence factors
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67.
The oral and inactivated polio vaccines are made from plant cell cultures.
FALSE
Learning Objective: 19.09 Explain the difference between the oral polio vaccine and the inactivated polio vaccine and under which
circumstances each is appropriate.
68.
Children with hypogammaglobulinemia are at risk for developing polio if given the
oral polio vaccine.
TRUE
Learning Objective: 19.09 Explain the difference between the oral polio vaccine and the inactivated polio vaccine and under which
circumstances each is appropriate.
69.
Learning Objective: 19.09 Explain the difference between the oral polio vaccine and the inactivated polio vaccine and under which
circumstances each is appropriate.
# of Que
stions
Learning Objective: 19.01 Describe the important anatomical features of the nervous system.
Learning Objective: 19.02 List the natural defenses present in the nervous system.
Learning Objective: 19.03 Talk about the normal biota of the nervous system and the background behind it.
Learning Objective: 19.04 List the possible causative agents
Learning Objective: 19.05 Identify the most common and also the most deadly of the multiple possible cause
s of meningitis.
Learning Objective: 19.06 List the possible causative agents
Learning Objective: 19.07 Identify which viruses that can cause encephalitis you should be on the lookout for
in your geographical area.
Learning Objective: 19.08 List the possible causative agents
Learning Objective: 19.09 Explain the difference between the oral polio vaccine and the inactivated polio vac
cine and under which circumstances each is appropriate.
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17
5
12
6
20
4
12
20
Learning Objective: diagnostic techniques and prevention/treatment for diseases most directly involving the
brain. These are: meningoencephalitis
12
Learning Objective: diagnostic techniques and prevention/treatment for meningitis and also for neonatal me
ningitis.
17
Learning Objective: diagnostic techniques and prevention/treatment for other diseases in the nervous syste
m. These are: rabies
20
12
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20
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