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Title: A child is brought to the hospital with high fever and headache. During examination a stiff neck is ...
Post by: Lobcity on Oct 17, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following is classified as a spongiform encephalopathy?
◦ variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
◦ African sleeping sickness
◦ botulism
◦ Hansen's disease
◦ arboviral encephalitis

Question 2

A child is brought to the hospital with high fever and headache. During examination a stiff neck is noted. What sign indicates the child has viral meningitis instead of bacterial meningitis?
◦ paralysis.
◦ blood in the CSF.
◦ cloudy CSF.
◦ peripheral nerve pain.
◦ clear CSF.

Title: A child is brought to the hospital with high fever and headache. During examination a stiff neck is ...
Post by: chevyboi1976 on Oct 17, 2019

Answer 1

variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Answer 2

clear CSF.