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. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. xi 6. Preface - p. xv 7. Section I: Central Nervous System Infections: Current Trends in Diagnosis, Treatment and Prophylaxis - p. xv 8. Chapter 1: Meningitis: Current Understanding and Management - p. xv 9. Chapter 2: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Central Nervous System Catheter Infections - p. 27 10. Chapter 3: Molecular Diagnosis of CNS Viral Infections - p. 44 11. Chapter 4: Vaccines Against Central Nervous System Infections: Past Achievements and Future Challenges - p. 59 12. Chapter 5: Metal Nanoparticles in Management of Diseases of the Central Nervous System - p. 79 13. Chapter 6: Natural Products as Immune System Modulators, and Against Infections of the Central Nervous System - p. 98 14. Section II: Bacterial and Viral Infections of the CNS - p. 119 15. Chapter 7: Pneumococcal Meningitis - p. 119 16. Chapter 8: Infections of the Central Nervous System Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - p. 139 17. Chapter 9: Central Nervous System Tuberculosis - p. 147 18. Chapter 10: Tick-Borne Infections of the Central Nervous System - p. 171 19. Chapter 11: Interactions of Human Retroviruses With the Blood-Brain Barrier - p. 195 20. Section III: Fungal and Protozoal Infections of the CNS - p. 212 21. Chapter 12: Recent Advances in Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System: From Etiology to Diagnosis and Management - p. 212 22. Chapter 13: Cryptococcal Meningitis and Other Opportunistic Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment - p. 259 23. Chapter 14: The Challenge of Finding New Therapies for Sleeping Sickness - p. 278 24. Chapter 15: A Global Problem of Toxoplasmosis - p. 303 25. Index - p. 319
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. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Contributors - p. xi 6. Preface - p. xv 7. Section I: Central Nervous System Infections: Current Trends in Diagnosis, Treatment and Prophylaxis - p. xv 8. Chapter 1: Meningitis: Current Understanding and Management - p. xv 9. Chapter 2: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Central Nervous System Catheter Infections - p. 27 10. Chapter 3: Molecular Diagnosis of CNS Viral Infections - p. 44 11. Chapter 4: Vaccines Against Central Nervous System Infections: Past Achievements and Future Challenges - p. 59 12. Chapter 5: Metal Nanoparticles in Management of Diseases of the Central Nervous System - p. 79 13. Chapter 6: Natural Products as Immune System Modulators, and Against Infections of the Central Nervous System - p. 98 14. Section II: Bacterial and Viral Infections of the CNS - p. 119 15. Chapter 7: Pneumococcal Meningitis - p. 119 16. Chapter 8: Infections of the Central Nervous System Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - p. 139 17. Chapter 9: Central Nervous System Tuberculosis - p. 147 18. Chapter 10: Tick-Borne Infections of the Central Nervous System - p. 171 19. Chapter 11: Interactions of Human Retroviruses With the Blood-Brain Barrier - p. 195 20. Section III: Fungal and Protozoal Infections of the CNS - p. 212 21. Chapter 12: Recent Advances in Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System: From Etiology to Diagnosis and Management - p. 212 22. Chapter 13: Cryptococcal Meningitis and Other Opportunistic Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment - p. 259 23. Chapter 14: The Challenge of Finding New Therapies for Sleeping Sickness - p. 278 24. Chapter 15: A Global Problem of Toxoplasmosis - p. 303 25. Index - p. 319
