عنوان

Infections of the central nervous system /

(Number (ISBN

1451173725 (hardback : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9781451173727 (hardback : alk. paper)

Number

b430930

Title Proper

Infections of the central nervous system /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

editors, W. Michael Scheld, Richard J. Whitley, Christina M. Marra

Edition Statement

Fourth edition

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xx, 907 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color) ;

Dimensions

29 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Introduction: 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 -- Encephalitis -- Poliomyelitis, polio vaccines, and the postpoliomyelitis 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 -- Meningitis and encephalitis caused by mumps virus -- Rabies -- Human prion diseases -- Human immunodeficiency virus -- Guillain-Barré syndrome -- Acute viral myelitis -- Postinfectious encephalomyelitis -- Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of bacterial infections -- Acute bacterial meningitis -- Mycoplasmal and ureaplasmal infections -- Bartonella infections, including cat-scratch disease -- Rickettsioses, anaplasmoses, and Q fever -- Whipple's disease -- Tuberculous meningitis -- Infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria -- Brain abscess -- Epidural abscess -- Subdural enpyema and suppurative intracranial phlebitis -- Complications of infective endocarditis -- Iatrogenic infections of the central nervous system -- Botulism -- Tetanus -- Neurosyphilis -- Neuroborreliosis: nervous system involvement with borrelia species -- Fungal meningitis -- Space-occupying fungal lesions -- Cerebral malaria -- Toxoplasma gondii and 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 infection -- Vaccines for viral diseases with significant central nervous system manifestations -- Vaccines against bacterial meningitis

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Text of Note

"This clinical reference on central nervous system infections is now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fourth edition. Over 70 leading experts provide comprehensive, current information on all infections--both neural-specific and systemic--that involve the central nervous system. Areas with significant new clinical information include treatment of tuberculosis, non-tubercular mycobacterial infections, brain abscess, and Lyme disease"--Provided by publisher

General Material Designation

Infections of the central nervous system (Scheld)

Central nervous system-- Infections

Central Nervous System Infections

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

Book Number

Marra, Christina M.

Scheld, W. Michael

Whitley, Richard J.

Date of Transaction

20140724011856.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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