Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System
- 1 Edición - 17 de abril de 2000
- Última edición
- Editores: Larry E. Davis, Peter G. E. Kennedy
- Idioma: Inglés
The editors are recognised world leaders in the field of infectious diseases of the nervous system. With the expertise of an international team of contributors they have provided a… Leer más
The editors are recognised world leaders in the field of infectious diseases of the nervous system. With the expertise of an international team of contributors they have provided a clinically focused text for the neurologist and hospital doctor caring for these patients.
* Agents covered include bacteria, prions, viruses, and parasites
* Details the newly recognized spectrum of herpes zoster encephalomyelitis and new antiviral drugs
* Analyses emerging brain and spinal cord cytomegalovirus infections developing in immunocompromised patients
* Details the newly recognized spectrum of herpes zoster encephalomyelitis and new antiviral drugs
* Analyses emerging brain and spinal cord cytomegalovirus infections developing in immunocompromised patients
Neurology specialist registrars, consultant neurologists and infection specialists.
Cerebral malaria (NPJ Day, UK; G Turner, UK); Neurologic aspects of Lyme disease (PK Coyle, USA); Postinfectious encephalomyelitis (PK Coyle, USA); Cytomegalovirus infection of the adult nervous system (E Lavi, USA; Alexandros Tselis, USA); Herpes simplex virus encephalitis (JR Baringer, USA); HIV-associated dementia (J McArthur, USA); Human prion diseases (R de Silva, UK; RG Will, UK); Japanese encephalitis (A Desai, India; M Gourie-Devi, India; V Ravi, India; SK Shankar, India); Vaccines to prevent bacterial meningitis (JS Kroll, UK; JM MacLennan, UK); Neurological complications of varicella-zoster virus (DH Gilden, USA; JJ LaGuardia, USA; R Mahalingam, USA; TM White, USA; RJ Cohrs, USA); Neurological aspects of human African trypanosomiasis (JLM de Atouguia, Portugal; P Kennedy, UK); Neurosyphilis (C Marra, USA); Rabies (T Hemachudha, Thailand; E Mitrathekd, Thailand); Recurrent aseptic meningitis (RL DeBiasi, USA; KL Tyler, USA); Tuberculous meningitis (LE Davis, USA); Ehrlichiosis and the nervous system (LE Davis, USA; CD Paddock, USA; JE Childs, USA).
"This is a valuable and scholarly book about infections in the nervous system. Practicing neurologists and internists will find it a valuable reference for when they want more than a "cookbook" approach for treatment of nervous system infections. The reviews are thoughtful, detailed, and comprehensive."Doody Publishing
chapter is a comprehensive account of its subject, each is warmly recommended. I enjoyed reading this book."Hospital Doctor
are some excellent clinical descriptions... The chapter on trypanosomiasis is one of the best reviews I have read on the subject [...] I think that this book will be useful to neurologists with a specific interest in infectious diseases."Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
chapter is a comprehensive account of its subject, each is warmly recommended. I enjoyed reading this book."Hospital Doctor
are some excellent clinical descriptions... The chapter on trypanosomiasis is one of the best reviews I have read on the subject [...] I think that this book will be useful to neurologists with a specific interest in infectious diseases."Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
- Edición: 1
- Última edición
- Publicado: 17 de abril de 2000
- Idioma: Inglés
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Larry E. Davis
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Chief, Neurology Service, New Mexico VA Health Care System; Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USAPK
Peter G. E. Kennedy
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Burton Professor of Neurology, Glasgow University Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland, UK