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TEST-CHAPTER FIVE
Questions marked
with * are more appropriate
for residents.CNS INFECTIONS
2. The most common cause
of subdural empyema is:
3. A 50 year old patient
was admitted to the hospital with a hemorrhagic rash, a temperature of 40C,
and shock. He was treated with antibiotics but died in 3 hours. The best way
establish the diagnosis in this case is:
4.Which is more
likely to develop one week after the onset of untreated bacterial meningitis?
5. Which of the following
is most common among the following complications of meningitis?
6. The most dangerous
feature of an abscess is:
*7. CNS syphilis causes
all of the following except:
8. A 3 year old boy
presents to the ER in mid September with a history of diarrhea, headache and
obtundation. A spinal tap is done. The most appropriate studies are:
9. The most common cause
of brain damage in HIV encephalitis is:
11. The most frequent
source of iatrogenic CJD is:
*15. A 15 year old boy
was admitted to the hospital with a hemorrhagic rash,
temperature of 40C and shock. He was treated with
antibiotics but died 5 hours later. The autopsy
showed:
*16. A 36 year old AIDS patient had fever, headaches,
and neurological deficits. MRI showed multiple enhancing
brain lesions. A stereotactic biopsy of one lesion
was done. The findings are consistent with:
*17. Which of the statements
about spinal cord pathology in HIV infection is not
true?
*19. A 6 day old baby
developed sepsis, hypotonia, respiratory insufficiency,
and died. The autopsy revealed the brain stem (left)
and spinal cord (right) lesions shown below. The
most likely diagnosis is:
20. The lesion illustrated
below may be caused by:
21. The pathology shown
below most likely represents:
*22. The CSF in a patient
with the lesion illustrated below shows:
a. No organisms, few lymphocytes, normal protein, and normal glucose
b. Fungal hyphae and yeasts, acute unflammation,increased protein, decreased glucose c. Acid fast organisms, lymphocytes, increased protein, decreased glucose d. Gram positive organisms, neutrophils, increased protein, decreased glucose
*23. The lesions illustrated
below are caused by:
24. The lesion illustrated
below is caused by:
25. The lesion illustrated
below is caused by:
*26. A 60 year old patient
presented with fever, headaches, seizures and hemorrhagic
CSF. MRI showed a left frontotemporal lesion with
edema. The biopsy of the hemorrhagic lesion is shown
below. The diagnosis can be best obtained by:
27. The lesions below
are caused by:
28. The most likely
cause of the pathology in the 59 year old patient
illustrated below is:
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