Infections of the Central Nervous SystemTap into the gold standard on central nervous system infections: Infections of the Central Nervous System, 4e is now fully revised and updated to accommodate the wealth of new CNS information discovered over the past decade. More than 90 leading experts contribute chapters, providing comprehensive, up-to-date information. With a broad scope and thorough detail, the text addresses pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and therapy of various CNS infections and related conditions. Features: Every chapter has been extensively revised and updated, nearly half with new author teams NEW chapter on acute encephalitis NEW clinical information on treatment of tuberculosis, non-tubercular mycobacterial infections, brain abscess, and Lyme disease NEW color design and color images Numerous diagrams, figures, tables, illustrations and photographs demonstrate the content Evidence-based references |
Contents
PART II | |
VIRAL | |
José R Romero | |
Encephalitis | |
Chapter27 Rickettsioses Anaplasmoses and | |
Chapter 28 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis Dorothee Heemskerk JeremyFarrar | |
Chapter | |
andW MichaelScheld | |
Epidural Abscess | |
Chapter 33 | |
Stefano | |
the Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome | |
Herpes Simplex Virus | |
Cytomegalovirus | |
EpsteinBarr Virus | |
Mumps | |
B Virus | |
ArthropodBorne | |
Meningitis and Encephalitis Caused | |
Rabies | |
Human Prion Diseases | |
GuillainBarré Syndrome | |
Postinfectious Encephalomyelitis | |
BACTERIAL AND MYCOPLASMAL | |
Acute Bacterial Meningitis | |
Chapter34 | |
Mycoplasmal and Ureaplasmal Infections | |
Chapter26 Bartonella Infections Including Cat | |
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM | |
Botulism | |
LanataSvenForner and Michael D Geschwind Chapter 19 Human Immunodeficiency Virus | |
FUNGAL INFECTIONS | |
SpaceOccupying FungalLesions | |
PROTOZOAL AND HELMINTHIC | |
Toxoplasma gondii | |
Trypanosomiasis | |
FreeLiving andParasitic Amebic | |
Helminthic Infections | |
PART CHRONIC MENINGITIS | |
NEUROSURGICAL MANAGEMENT | |
Critical Care of Central Nervous System Infections | |
Vaccines for ViralDiseases with Significant Central Nervous System | |
Vaccines Against Bacterial | |
Other editions - View all
Infections of the Central Nervous System Michael W. Scheld,Richard J. Whitley,Christina M. Marra Limited preview - 2014 |
Infections of the Central Nervous System W. Michael Scheld,Richard J. Whitley,Christina M. Marra,Julie Goolsby,Kristina Oberle No preview available - 2014 |
Common terms and phrases
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