The Microbiology of Central Nervous System Infections
- 1st Edition, Volume 3 - March 14, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Kateryna Kon, Mahendra Rai
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 8 0 6 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 3 8 0 7 - 6
The Microbiology of Central Nervous System Infections, Volume 3, discusses modern approaches to the diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of central nervous system (CNS) infection… Read more
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The Microbiology of Central Nervous System Infections, Volume 3, discusses modern approaches to the diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of central nervous system (CNS) infections. This new release is divided into five sections that cover treatment strategies, imaging, molecular diagnosis, management of CNS infections with metal nanoparticles, and prophylaxis of CNS infections, including bacterial, viral and fungal infections. The last section contains a chapter on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and modern trends in its diagnosis and treatment. University teachers, medical practitioners, graduate and postgraduate students, researchers in microbiology, and those in the pharmaceutical and laboratory diagnostic industries will find the book very important.
- Encompasses a broad range of central nervous system infections, including questions of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prophylaxis
- Written by highly professional and eminent surgeons, microbiologists and infectious disease specialists
- Includes scientific understanding and practical guidelines, making it interesting for both research scientists and practitioners
Teachers of universities; medical practitioners; graduate and postgraduate students; researchers in microbiology, pharmacology, and biotechnology; and specialists from pharmaceutical and laboratory diagnostic companies
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 3
- Published: March 14, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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Kateryna Kon
Dr. Kateryna Kon, MD, PhD, currently works at the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology at Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine as an Associate Professor. Dr. Kon received the Best Young Scientist of Kharkiv Award in 2007. She has ten years of teaching and fifteen years of research experience. She is an editorial board member of six international peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Kon's scientific contributions include more than 100 publications, 6 books and 18 scientific articles. The main focus of Dr. Kon’s research is antibiotic resistance in bacteria, coping with microbial resistance by plant essential oils and nanoparticles, microbiology of surgical and gynaecological infections, application of different statistical methods to analysis of biomedical data.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, UkraineMR
Mahendra Rai
Prof. Mahendra Rai is a UGC Basic Science Research Faculty Fellow and former Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, India. He is currently a senior visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University of Piaui (UFPI), Brazil.
His areas of expertise include microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology, focusing on the green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using fungi and their applications as nanoantimicrobials against pathogenic microbes. His research is interdisciplinary, integrating microbial biotechnology with nanotechnology.
Professor Rai has received several prestigious awards, including the Father T.A. Mathias Award from the All India Association for Christian Higher Education and the Medini Award from the Government of India. He has participated in multiple international collaborations and has held visiting positions at various institutions, including the University of Geneva (Switzerland), Debrecen University (Hungary), and Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland).
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Visiting Professor, Federal University of Piaui, BrazilRead The Microbiology of Central Nervous System Infections on ScienceDirect