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Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System

  • 1st Edition - April 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Karen L. Roos, Michael Wilson
  • Language: English

"Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System" consolidates recent discoveries and best practices on diagnosis and treating infection to minimize morbidity and mortality. The… Read more

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Description

"Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System" consolidates recent discoveries and best practices on diagnosis and treating infection to minimize morbidity and mortality. The book discusses advancements in neuroimaging techniques, diagnostic studies performed on cerebrospinal fluid, adjunctive therapy, and antimicrobial therapy. Beginning with pathogenesis and pathophysiology of bacterial CNS infections, the book reviews when to suspect a bacterial infection of the central nervous system. The majority of the chapters review specific disease entities, including meningitis, focal CNS infections (e. g., brain abscess, subdural empyema and epidural abscess), CNS diseases caused by selected infectious pathogens (Mycobacteria, Rickettsiae, Anaplasmataceae, Treponema pallidum, Borrelia burgdorferi and other Borrelia species), the neurological complications of infective endocarditis, suppurative venous sinus thrombosis, infections in the neurosurgical patient, bacterial etiologies of movement disorders, Guillain-Barre syndrome, toxin-mediated syndromes of the nervous system and infectious encephalopathy.

Key features

  • Covers all major CNS bacterial infections
  • Provides best practices in diagnosis and treatment

Readership

Neurologists

Table of contents

1. When to suspect a bacterial infection of the central nervous system

2. Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of bacterial CNS infections

3. Lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid analysis

4. Neuroimaging of central nervous system bacterial infections

5. Acute bacterial meningitis

6. Bacterial brain abscess

7. Cranial epidural abscess and subdural empyema

8. Spinal epidural abscess and subdural empyema

9. Mycobacterial infections

10. Lyme neuroborreliosis

11. Rickettsioses and Ehrlichioses

12. Neurosyphilis

13. Neurological complications of infective endocarditis

14. Suppurative venous sinus thrombosis

15. Guillain Barre syndrome

16. Infections of the central nervous system in the neurosurgical patient

17. Bacterial etiologies of movement disorders (Whipple’s disease, Sydenham’s chorea, etc.)

18. Toxin-mediated syndromes of the nervous system 19. Infectious encephalopathy

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Karen L. Roos

Dr. Karen Roos is the first endowed professor in the Department of Neurology at Indiana University. Dr. Roos has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Seminars in Neurology for over a decade, as well as on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Neurology. Among her honors and awards, she’s received the Drexel University College of Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award, the International Society for Neurovirology Neurological Infections Award, the Distinguished Visiting Professor Wilford Hall Medical Center Lackland Air Force Base and the UCSF Robert A. Fishman Award.

Affiliations and expertise
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

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Michael Wilson

Dr. Michael Wilson is the Debbie and Andy Rachleff Distinguished Professor of Neurology at the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences where he is the Director of Diagnostics and Therapeutics Innovation. He also directs the UCSF Center for Encephalitis and Meningitis, and his research has been recognized with awards from the Foundation for the NIH, the American Neurological Association, and the International Society of Neuroimmunology. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians.

Affiliations and expertise
University of California San Francisco, UCSF, USA