Across
- 1. A symptom of meningitis may include a sensitivity to light called:
- 3. Damage to blood vessels caused by immune response cause this on the trunk and appendages
- 5. Amoeba-caused disorder
- 8. What type of meningitis is most rare?
- 9. Vascular interface between blood vessels serving the brain and the brain itself
- 11. Meningitis is an inflammation of the _______
- 13. This type of meningitis is the most serious form of acute meningitis
- 14. What drug is used to treat suspected cases of meningitis immediately?
Down
- 1. These disease causing pathogens contain no genetic material
- 2. Prions are extremely ________ to chemicals, radiation, heat, and prolonged autoclaving
- 4. 4/5 cases of meningitis are classified as:
- 6. Meningitis in ______ is usually caused by different microorganisms than that of children and adults
- 7. Most cases of bacterial meningitis occur in children under 11 because they are not yet:
- 10. The reservoir of infection in humans harboring the bacteria is the:
- 12. Neisseria meningitidis is a gram _______ diplococci