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Infections of the central nervous system / W. Michael Scheld, Richard J. Whitley, Christina M. Marra ; authors.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Scheld, W. Michael.
Contributor:
Whitley, Richard J.
Marra, Christina M.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Central nervous system--Infections.
Central nervous system.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (952 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables, map
Edition:
Third edition.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The gold standard clinical reference on central nervous system infections is now in its thoroughly revised, updated Third Edition. More than 70 leading experts provide comprehensive, current information on all infectionsuboth neural-specific and systemicuthat involve the central nervous system. This edition includes new information on botulinum toxin as a biological weapon and a therapeutic agent, neurologic effects of viruses causing hemorrhagic fevers, and infections that have recently become more prevalent or been found in new geographic locations. The updated coverage of therapeutics includes AIDS/HIV medications and other antiviral drugs, new antifungal medications, and vaccinations against Lyme disease and bacterial meningitis.
Contents:
INFECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CONTENTS
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
PREFACE
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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 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
TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
GUILLAIN-BARRÉ SYNDROME
ACUTE VIRAL MYELITIS
POSTINFECTIOUS ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
PATHOGENESIS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
RICKETTSIOSES, EHRLICHIOSES, AND Q FEVER
TUBERCULOSIS
INFECTIONS DUE TO NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA
BRAIN ABSCESS
EPIDURAL ABSCESS
SUBDURAL EMPYEMA AND SUPPURATIVE INTRACRANIAL PHLEBITIS
COMPLICATIONS OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
IATROGENIC INFECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
WHIPPLE'S DISEASE
INFECTIONS, INCLUDING CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE
MYCOPLASMAL AND UREAPLASMAL INFECTIONS
BOTULISM
TETANUS
NEUROSYPHILIS
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
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
SUBJECT INDEX
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Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
1-4511-6745-8
OCLC:
923528121

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