Chapt 17 infectious diseases affecting the nervous system

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Across
  1. 7. abbreviation for central nervous system
  2. 9. fluid that protects the brain and spinal cord
  3. 10. small red or purple spots that appear on skin, conjunctiva, retina, mucous membranes
  4. 13. usually effects ___ individuals is gram-positive listeria monocytogenes
  5. 14. abbreviation for peripheral nervous system
  6. 15. escherichia coli is gram-negative and can cause ____on the frontal lobe of the brain
  7. 16. meningitis that has gram-negative diplocci
  8. 18. is the reservoir in humans
  9. 19. risk group are children and young adults due to delay in vaccination
  10. 20. is called streptococcus galactose is gram-positive
  11. 21. resident /normal microbes in either the CNS or PNS
  12. 22. is how Neisseria meningitidis is spread
  13. 23. is a very rare form of meningitis
Down
  1. 1. a barrier that prohibits most microorganisms and most antibiotics from entering the nervous system
  2. 2. dropping by this bird can cause rare fungi meningitis called cryptococcus neoformans
  3. 3. is an inflammation of the meninges
  4. 4. resistant haemophilus influenzae is gram-negative
  5. 5. some ____ can live dormant state in the nervous system
  6. 6. streptococcus pneumoniae that typically effects older adults
  7. 8. bone structure immediately below the skull
  8. 11. to prevent neisseria menegitidis there is a way to develop immunity
  9. 12. is the most common form of meningitis
  10. 14. the microglia and brain macrophages have this ability
  11. 17. is the more serious form of meningitis