| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Lumbar Puncture and CSF Analysis and Interpretation -- Acute Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis -- Healthcare-Acquired Meningitis and Ventriculitis -- Acute Viral Meningitis -- Acute Viral Encephalitis: Herpesviruses and Enteroviruses -- Tropical Viral CNS Infections -- Fungal infections of the central nervous system -- CNS Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Infections -- Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System -- Infections of the Spinal Cord -- The Human Borreliosis: Lyme Neuroborreliosis and Relapsing Fever -- Neurosyphilis -- Drug-Induced Aseptic Meningitis and Other Mimics -- Central Nervous System Infections in Patients Immunocompromised by Antineoplastic and Other Immune-Modulating Therapies -- The Neurological Spectrum of HIV Infection -- Neuropathies of Infectious Origin |
| Summary |
This updated and expanded second edition covers selected infections of the central nervous system of considerable current interest. Aspects that are less well documented, such as spinal cord infections, central nervous system infections in patients with cancer, tropical infections, healthcare-associated ventriculitis or meningitis, and immunological problems in the international traveler are also discussed, as these are all problems relevant to daily practice. It is a multi-authored book written by experts in the field of neurological infection. A new section on infectious neuropathies is included. CNS Infections: A Clinical Approach is of value to the busy clinician; the neurological international community as well as all primary care doctors, internal medicine specialists and residents who take care of patients with suspected neurological infections |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 26, 2018) |
| Subject |
Central nervous system -- Infections.
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Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
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Central Nervous System Infections
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Infectious & contagious diseases.
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Neurology & clinical neurophysiology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Central nervous system -- Infections
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
García-Moncó, Juan Carlos, editor
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GarcMonc젊uan Carlos., editor
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| ISBN |
9783319702964 |
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3319702963 |
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