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The Microbiology of Central Nervous System Infections, Volume 3
1st Edition
Series Volume Editors:
Kateryna Kon
Mahendra Rai
eBook ISBN: 9780128138076
Paperback ISBN: 9780128138069
Imprint: Academic Press
Published Date: 14th March 2018
Page Count: 344
View all volumes in this series: Clinical Microbiology Diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of infections
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
Description
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.
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
Details
- No. of pages:
- 344
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Academic Press 2018
- Published:
- 14th March 2018
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780128138076
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9780128138069
Ratings and Reviews
About the Series Volume Editors
Kateryna Kon Series Volume Editor
Dr. Kateryna Kon, MD, PhD, currently works at the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology at Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine as an Associate Professor. Dr. Kon received the Best Young Scientist of Kharkiv Award in 2007. She has ten years of teaching and fifteen years of research experience. She is an editorial board member of six international peer-reviewed journals.
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.
Affiliations and Expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Mahendra Rai Series Volume Editor
Dr Mahendra Rai: Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Amravati University in Maharashtra, India. He has published 210 research papers, more than 100 popular articles in Indian and foreign journals and 30 books from reputed publishers like Elsevier, Springer, CRC, Taylor and Francis and Scientific Publisher. He is a member of several scientific societies and has been a national Scholar for five years. He has received several prestigious awards, including the father T.A. Mathias award (1989) from the All India Association for Christian Higher Education, and the Medini award (1999) from the Department of Environment and Forest, Government of India. He also received SERC visiting fellowship by Department of Science and Technology (1996), INSA visiting fellowship by Indian National Science Academy (1998) and TWAS-UNESCO Associateship (2002), Italy. Dr. Rai serves as a referee for 20 international journals and is a member of editorial board of ten national and international journals. He has approximately three decades of teaching and research experience. The main focus of his research is plant and nanobased bioactives against human pathogenic microbes.
Affiliations and Expertise
Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, Amravati University, Maharashtra, India
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