MOLINYAWE, MARY ANN K.

G2A PATOPHYSIOLOGY OF MENINGITIS LARGELY BE ATTRIBUTE RESPONSE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN THE ENTRANCE OF BACTERIA INTO THE CNS

INFLAMMATION OF THE SUARACHNOID SPACE

BACTERIA CELL MEMBRANE ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE IMMUNE CELLS OF THE BRAIN

ASTROCYTES

MICROGLIA LEADING

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER BECOMES MORE PERMEABLE

VASOGENIC CEREBRAL EDEMA

UNDERGO BRAIN CELLS ARE DEPRIVEDE OF OXYGEN CELL DEATH WBC ENTER THE CSF

CAUSIN INFLAMMATION OF THE MENINGES HARDER FOR THE BLOOD TO ENTER THE BRAIN LEADING TO

INTERSTITIAL EDEMA

MEANS LOWERED BP TOGETHER W/ LEADS TO INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE DECREASED BLOOD FLOW AND CYTOTOXIC EDEMA CEREBRAL VASCULITIS