Nervous System Infections (Microbiology)

Recall cards on the nervous system infections of microbiology. Anatomy: the central and peripheral nervous systems, the meninges (dura, arachnoid, and pia mater), cerebrospinal fluid, the blood-brain barrier, neurons and glial cells, and the signs of meningitis, encephalitis, and meningoencephalitis. Bacterial diseases: meningococcal, pneumococcal, Haemophilus influenzae type b, neonatal, and Listeria meningitis, tetanus, botulism, and Hansen's disease (leprosy). Acellular diseases: viral meningitis, the arboviral and equine encephalitides, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile virus, Zika, poliomyelitis, rabies, and the prion diseases (scrapie, mad cow disease, and kuru). And fungal and parasitic diseases: cryptococcal meningitis, the amoebic encephalitides, African sleeping sickness, neurotoxoplasmosis, and neurocysticercosis.