Bacterial infections of the central nervous system: handbook of clinical neurology

A volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series on bacterial infectionsas they impact on the nervous system. Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of bacterial CNS infections. Principles of antimicrobial therapy. Lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid analysis. Bacterial meningitis. Brain abscess. Cranial epidural abscess and subdural empyema. Spinal epidural abcess and subdural empyema. Suppurative intracranial thrombophlebitis. Infections of the central nervous system in the neurosurgical patient. Rickettsial and Ehrlichial infections. Tuberculosis and atypical Mycobacterial Infections. Spirochetal infections. Neurological complications of bacterial endocarditis. Whipple's disease of thecentral nervous system. Neuroimaging of central nervous system Infections. Toxin-mediated syndromes of the nervous system.

• ISBN: 978-0-444-52015-9
• Editorial: Elsevier Science
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés