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Title Infections of the central nervous system / editors, W. Michael Scheld, Richard J. Whitley, Christina M. Marra ; acquisitions editor, Julie Goolsby ; senior product development editor, Kristina Oberle ; production project manager, David Orzechowski ; design manager, Teresa Mallon.

Publication Info. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Wolters Kluwer, 2014.
©2014

Item Status

Edition Fourth edition.
Description 1 online resource (927 pages) : illustrations
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.
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Subject Central nervous system -- Infections.
Central nervous system -- Infections.
Central nervous system.
Central nervous system.
Bacterial diseases.
Bacterial diseases.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Scheld, W. Michael, editor.
Whitley, Richard J., editor.
Marra, Christina M., editor.
Goolsby, Julie, editor.
Oberle, Kristina, editor.
Orzechowski, David, production manager.
Mallon, Teresa, book designer.
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)
1469883678 (electronic book)
9781469883663 (electronic book)
146988366X (electronic book)
9781451173727
1451173725 (hardback ; alkaline paper)