Meningitis Targets and Associations

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

dsDNA virus associated with pizza pie retinitis

Enterovirus

ssRNA virus belonging to picoRNAvirus family

Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV 1)

dsDNA virus causing blisters described as “dew drops on a rose petal” typically around oral mucosa

Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HSV 2)

dsDNA virus causing blisters described as “dew drops on a rose petal” typically in genital area

Human Parechovirus

ssRNA virus belonging to picoRNAvirus family

Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)

dsDNA virus causative agent of chicken pox and shingles

Escherichia coli K1

meningitis in newborns, member of enterobactericiae

Human Herpesvirus 6

dsDNA virus causative agent of roseola infantum

Haemophilus influenzae

meningitis in children under 5

Listeria monocytogenes

meningitis in newborns, tumbling motility

Neisseria meningitidis

meningitis in college age adults

Streptococcus agalactiae

meningitis in newborns, CAMP test positive

Streptococcus pneumoniae

meningitis in adults >50

Which Cryptococcus spp. can utilize glycine as its sole carbon source?

Cryptococcus gatti

What media would be used in a bacteriology laboratory for Cryptococcus gatti?

CGB agar (canavanine glycine bromothymol blue)