The Microbiology of Central Nervous System Infections

Provides up-to-date coverage of central nervous system infections, including their microbiology, etiology, pathology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment

Kateryna Kon (Volume editor), Mahendra Rai (Volume editor)

9780128138069

Paperback / softback, published 20 April 2018

344 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.2 cm, 0.72 kg

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.

1. The current perspectives and wide spectrum of meningitis: the overall management morbidity and mortality2. Imaging of CNS infections3. Molecular diagnosis of CNS viral infections4. Vaccines against CNS infections: Past achievements and future challenges5. Metal nanoparticles in management of diseases of CNS6. Diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of bacterial meningitis7. Pneumococcal meningitis8. Mycobacterial diseases afflicting the CNS9. Tuberculosis of central nervous system10. Chikungunya and Zika at Central Nervous System11. Immunological determination of host-vector contact for arboviral diseases12. Diagnosis of central nervous infections with rare and emerging microorganisms13. Herpesviridae CNS infections: A focus on HSV-1, HSV-2, and VZV14. Tick borne infections of the CNS15. Recent advances in fungal infections of the CNS: From Etiology to diagnosis and management16. Brain injuries in toxoplasmosis17. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies: Advancements and Hurdles in Clinical microbiology

Subject Areas: Microbiology [non-medical PSG], Biochemistry [PSB], Life sciences: general issues [PSA]