HTHSCI 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Screw Cap, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Lumbar Puncture
29 Apr 2016
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Diagnostic tools such as ct scans, mris and lumbar punctures are key to making these diagnoses. When treating patients with cns infections, it is important to remember that the choice of pharmacological treatments will be in uenced not only by the suspected pathogen, but also by the blood brain barrier (bbb) A wide range of microorganisms cause cns infections. Each clinical syndrome possesses its own characteristic signs and symptoms that, when identi ed, help facilitate diagnosis. Tiffany is exhibiting the following sings and symptoms: headache, neck stiffness, low bp, high fever, elevated hr, elevated rr, purple rash. Based on previous symptoms bacterial meningitis is suspected, and a lumbar puncture is performed. The collection of clinical specimens is important in the isolation and identi cation of the microorganisms that cause meningitis. When meningitis is suspected, csf is the best clinical specimen to use for isolating and identifying the pathogen responsible for the infection.
