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" Infections of the central nervous system / "
editors, W. Michael Scheld, Richard J. Whitley, Christina M. Marra
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BL
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601711
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b430930
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| Uniform Title
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Infections of the central nervous system (Scheld)
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Infections of the central nervous system /\ editors, W. Michael Scheld, Richard J. Whitley, Christina M. Marra
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| Edition Statement
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Fourth edition
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xx, 907 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 29 cm
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| ISBN
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9781451173727 (hardback : alk. paper)
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: 1451173725 (hardback : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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"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
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Central nervous system-- Infections
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Central Nervous System Infections
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| Dewey Classification
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616.8
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| LC Classification
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RC359.5.I54 2014
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WL 301
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WL 301I43 2014
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Scheld, W. Michael
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Whitley, Richard J.
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Marra, Christina M.
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