Infections of the Central Nervous System

The "gold standard" clinical reference on central nervous system infections is now in its thoroughly revised, updated Third Edition. More than 70 leading experts provide comprehensive, current information on all infections—both neural-specific and systemic—that involve the central nervous system.

This edition includes new information on botulinum toxin as a biological weapon and a therapeutic agent, neurologic effects of viruses causing hemorrhagic fevers, and infections that have recently become more prevalent or been found in new geographic locations. The updated coverage of therapeutics includes AIDS/HIV medications and other antiviral drugs, new antifungal medications, and vaccinations against Lyme disease and bacterial meningitis.


Table Of Contents
Chapter 1. Approach to the Patient with Central Nervous System Infection

Chapter 2. Cerebrospinal Fluid in Central Nervous System Infections

Chapter 3. Imaging of Intracranial Infections

Chapter 4. Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System

Chapter 5. Viral Meningitis and Aseptic Meningitis Syndrome

Chapter 6. Poliomyelitis, Polio Vaccines, and the Post-Poliomyelitis Syndrome

Chapter 7. Measles and Rubella

Chapter 8. Herpes Simplex Virus

Chapter 9. Neurologic Manifestations of Varicella and Herpes Zoster

Chapter 10. Cytomegalovirus

Chapter 11. Epstein-Barr Virus

Chapter 12. Human Herpesvirus-6

Chapter 13. B Virus

Chapter 14. Arthropod-Borne Viral Encephalitides

Chapter 15.

Chapter 16. Rabies

Chapter 17. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Chapter 18. Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Chapter 19. Guillain-Barre Syndrom

Chapter 20. Acute Viral Myelitis

Chapter 21. Postinfectious Encephalomyelitis

Chapter 22. Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Bacterial Infections

Chapter 23. Acute Bacterial Meningitis

Chapter 24. Rickettsioses, Ehrlichioses, and Q Fever

Chapter 25. Tuberculosis

Chapter 26. Infections Due to Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Chapter 27. Brain Abscess

Chapter 28. Spinal Epidural Abscess

Chapter 29. Subdural Empyema and Suppurative Intracranial Phlebitis

Chapter 30. Complications of Infective Endocarditis

Chapter 31. Iatrogenic Infections of the Central Nervous System

Chapter 32. Whipple's Disease

Chapter 33. Bartonella Infections, Including Cat-Scratch Disease

Chapter 34. Mycoplasmal and Ureaplasmal Infections

Chapter 35. Botulism

Chapter 36. Tetanus

Chapter 37. Syphilis

Chapter 38. Lyme Disease and Relapsing Fever

Chapter 39. Fungal Meningitis

Chapter 40. Space-Occupying Fungal Lesions

Chapter 41. Cerebral Malaria

Chapter 42. Toxoplasmosis

Chapter 43. Trypanosomiasis

Chapter 44. Free-Living and Parasitic Amebic Infections

Chapter 45. Helminthic Infections

Chapter 46. Chronic Meningitis Syndrome and Meningitis of Noninfective or Uncertain Etiology

Chapter 47. Surgical Management of Central Nervous System Infections

Chapter 48. Critical Care of Central Nervous System Infections

Chapter 49. Vaccines for Viral Diseases with Significant Central Nervous System Manifestations

Chapter 50. Vaccines Against Bacterial Meningitis