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Tuberculous Meningitis

Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

  • 1st Edition - April 15, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Jerome Chin
  • Language: English

Tuberculous Meningitis: Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy focuses on the most common and most lethal manifestation of tuberculosis of the central nervous system. It includes up-to-… Read more

Description

Tuberculous Meningitis: Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy focuses on the most common and most lethal manifestation of tuberculosis of the central nervous system. It includes up-to-date reviews of the diagnosis, treatment, and management of tuberculous meningitis in adults and children. Extensive guidance is provided for the treatment of drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis. Clinicians and researchers will find the beginning chapters on immunopathology and epidemiology of great use in their efforts to develop new strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous meningitis.

Key features

  • Written by international contributors from countries most affected by tuberculosis
  • Describes clinical and neuroimaging features of tuberculous meningitis
  • Examines laboratory methods for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Reviews international and national guidelines for the treatment of tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis

Readership

Neuroscientists, neurologists, physicians, clinicians, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows

Table of contents

1. Global and regional epidemiology of tuberculosis

2. Immunopathology of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

3. Clinical presentations and features of tuberculous meningitis

4. Laboratory methods for detecting tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis

5. Identification of mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance

6. Treatment guidelines for tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis

7. Neurosurgical management of tuberculous meningitis

8. Evidence gaps and future directions

Review quotes

"This is a must-have for neurologists, infectious disease specialists, and internists who care for patients with tuberculosis, especially in North America where the disease is not as common. Contrary to other textbooks that cover tropical diseases, which are cumbersome for bedside reference, this book is easy to refer to."—Doody

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 16, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editor

JC

Jerome Chin

Dr. Chin has been treating patients with tuberculous meningitis for nine years in sub-Saharan Africa as a visiting attending neurologist at Mulago Hospital, the national referral hospital of Uganda. He has authored two review articles and one commentary on tuberculosis of the central nervous system, and he directed the first-ever course on tuberculosis of the central nervous system at the American Academy of Neurology Annual meeting in Los Angeles, April 2018.
Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, USA

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