Title | Infections of the Nervous System [electronic resource] / edited by David Schlossberg |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer US, 1990 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9698-7 |
Descript | XIX, 396 p. online resource |
I: Meningitis -- 1. The Diagnosis and Therapy of Acute Bacterial Meningitis -- 2. Complications of Bacterial Meningitis -- 3. The Aseptic Meningitis Syndrome -- 4. Chronic Meningitis -- 5. Posttraumatic Meningitis -- 6. Infections of Central-Nervous-System Shunts -- 7. Noninfectious Causes of Acute CNS Inflammation -- II: BrainโDiffuse and Focal Processes -- 8. Brain Abscess and Related Focal Intracranial Suppuration -- 9. Acute Viral Encephalitis -- 10. Postinfection Complications of the Central Nervous System -- 11. The Cerebellum and CNS Infection -- 12. Prions Causing Transmissible Neurodegenerative Diseases -- III: Spine and Peripheral Nerves -- 13. Spinal Epidural Abscess -- 14. Myelitis -- 15. Peripheral Nerve Disease Caused by Infection, Toxins, and Postinfectious Syndromes -- IV: Problematic Pathogens and States -- 16. Central-Nervous-System Tuberculosis -- 17. Cryptococcal and Other Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System -- 18. Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System -- 19. Neurosyphilis -- 20. AIDS and Other Immunocompromised States -- 21. Neurologic Manifestations of Lyme Disease -- V: Diagnosis -- 22. Diagnostic Imaging of CNS Infection and Inflammation -- 23. Evaluation of Cerebrospinal Fluid