Main description:

This clinically oriented book covers selected infections of the central nervous system which are of considerable current interest. Aspects that are less well documented, such as spinal cord infections, central nervous system infections in patients with cancer, tropical infections, healthcare-associated ventriculitis or meningitis and immunological problems in the international traveler are also discussed, as these are all problems relevant to daily practice.

CNS Infections: A Clinical Approach is of value to the busy clinician; the neurological international community as well as all primary care doctors, internal medicine specialists and residents who take care of patients with suspected neurological infections.

Contents:

Lumbar Puncture and CSF Analysis and Interpretation.- Acute Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis.- Healthcare Acquired Meningitis/Ventriculitis.- Acute Viral Meningitis.- Acute Viral Encephalitis: Herpesviruses and Enteroviruses.- Tropical Viral CNS Infections.- Fungal Infection of the CNS.- CNS Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Infections.- Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System.- Infections of the Spinal Cord.- The Human Borreliosis: Lyme Neuroborreliosis and Relapsing Fever.- Neurosyphilis.- Drug-Induced Aseptic Meningitis and Other Mimics.- CNS Infections in the Immunocompromised and in Patients with Cancer.- The Neurological Spectrum of HIV Infection.