
The Microbiology of Central Nervous System Infections
Description
Key Features
- 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
Readership
Teachers of universities; medical practitioners; graduate and postgraduate students; researchers in microbiology, pharmacology, and biotechnology; and specialists from pharmaceutical and laboratory diagnostic companies
Table of Contents
1. The current perspectives and wide spectrum of meningitis: the overall management morbidity and mortality
2. Imaging of CNS infections
3. Molecular diagnosis of CNS viral infections
4. Vaccines against CNS infections: Past achievements and future challenges
5. Metal nanoparticles in management of diseases of CNS
6. Diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of bacterial meningitis
7. Pneumococcal meningitis
8. Mycobacterial diseases afflicting the CNS
9. Tuberculosis of central nervous system
10. Chikungunya and Zika at Central Nervous System
11. Immunological determination of host-vector contact for arboviral diseases
12. Diagnosis of central nervous infections with rare and emerging microorganisms
13. Herpesviridae CNS infections: A focus on HSV-1, HSV-2, and VZV
14. Tick borne infections of the CNS
15. Recent advances in fungal infections of the CNS: From Etiology to diagnosis and management
16. Brain injuries in toxoplasmosis
17. Transmissable spongiform encephalopathies: Advancements and Hurdles in Clinical microbiology
Product details
- No. of pages: 344
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2018
- Published: February 17, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128138069
- eBook ISBN: 9780128138076
About the Series Volume Editors
Kateryna Kon

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.
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Mahendra Rai

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