Edition |
Fourth edition. |
Description |
1 online resource (927 pages) : illustrations |
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text file PDF |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
"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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Central nervous system -- Infections.
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Central nervous system -- Infections. |
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Central nervous system.
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Central nervous system. |
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Bacterial diseases.
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Bacterial diseases. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Scheld, W. Michael, editor.
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Whitley, Richard J., editor.
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Marra, Christina M., editor.
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Goolsby, Julie, editor.
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Oberle, Kristina, editor.
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Orzechowski, David, production manager.
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Mallon, Teresa, book designer.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Infections of the central nervous system. Fourth edition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Wolters Kluwer, ©2014 xx, 907 pages 9781451173727 |
ISBN |
9781469883670 (electronic book) |
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1469883678 (electronic book) |
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9781469883663 (electronic book) |
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146988366X (electronic book) |
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9781451173727 |
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1451173725 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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