Microbiology Chapter 17

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Across
  1. 3. Fungi that can cause meningitis. Present in areas where pigeons congregate.
  2. 4. 85% of all prion disease cases in humans. Altered behavior, dementia, memory loss, impaired senses, delirium, and premature senility (fatal).
  3. 8. A small red or purple spot that can appear on the body caused by hemorrhage of capillaries.
  4. 9. Proteinaceous infectious particles, contains no genetic material.
  5. 11. Gram-negative diplococci. Epidemic form of meningitis. Causes the most serious form of acute meningitis.
  6. 13. Small heads in newborns, caused by zika virus.
  7. 14. Gram-negative diplococci that causes bacterial meningitis.
  8. 15. Virus that can cause birth defects in babies.
  9. 16. Vaccines for meningitis.
Down
  1. 1. Consists of the brain and spinal cord.
  2. 2. Vascular interface between the blood vessels serving the brain and the brain itself. Cells that make up the walls of these blood vessels allow very few molecules to pass through.
  3. 5. Contains nerves that emanate from the CNS to sense organs and periphery of the body.
  4. 6. Inflammation of the meninges.
  5. 7. More common than bacterial meningitis, majority of cases occur in children.
  6. 10. Amoeba caused disorder. Causes massive destruction of brain and spinal tissue (fatal).
  7. 12. Lumbar puncture, tool for diagnosis of meningitis.