Third Edition
by W. Michael Scheld
Infections of the Central Nervous System provides current and comprehensive information on all infections, both neural-specific and systemic, involving the central nervous system.
Features:
- Complete and in depth coverage addresses the full range of infectious diseases affecting the central nervous system
- Coverage of neurologic effects of viruses causing hemorrhagic fevers
- Information on evolving infections showing recent increases in prevalence or expanded geographic range
- Expanded discussions of transmissible spongiform encephalopsies
- New chapters on acute viral myelitis and post infectious encephalopsies
- Updated material on therapeutics, including AIDS/HIV medications and other antiviral drugs, new antifungal medications, and vaccinations against Lyme disease and bacterial meningitis
- New contributors represent an internationally recognised group on the leading edge of neurologic disease treatment
Contents
- Approach to the Patient with Central Nervous System Infection
- Cerebrospinal Fluid in Central Nervous System Infections
- Imaging of Intracranial Infections
- Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System
- Viral Meningitis and Aseptic Meningitis Syndrome
- Poliomyelitis, Polio Vaccines, and the Post-Poliomyelitis Syndrome
- Measles and Rubella
- Herpes Simplex Virus
- Neurologic Manifestations of Varicella and Herpes Zoster
- Cytomegalovirus
- Epstein-Barr Virus
- Human Herpesvirus-6
- B Virus
- Arthropod-Borne Viral Encephalitides
- Rabies
- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Acute Viral Myelitis
- Postinfectious Encephalomyelitis
- Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Bacterial Infections
- Acute Bacterial Meningitis
- Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Q Fever
- Tuberculosis
- Infections Due to Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria
- Brain Abscess
- Spinal Epidural Abscess
- Subdural Empyema and Suppurative Intracranial Phlebitis
- Complications of Infective Endocarditis
- Iatrogenic Infections of the Central Nervous System
- Whipple's Disease
- Bartonella Infections, Including Cat-Scratch Disease
- Mycoplasmal and Ureaplasmal Infections
- Botulism
- Tetanus
- Syphilis
- Lyme Disease and Relapsing Fever
- Fungal Meningitis
- Space-Occupying Fungal Lesions
- Cerebral Malaria
- Toxoplasmosis
- Trypanosomiasis
- Free-Living and Parasitic Amebic Infections
- Helminthic Infections
- Chronic Meningitis Syndrome and Meningitis of Noninfective or Uncertain Etiology
- Surgical Management of Central Nervous System Infections
- Critical Care of Central Nervous System Infections
- Vaccines for Viral Diseases with Significant Central Nervous System Manifestations
- Vaccines Against Bacterial Meningitis
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