| Editors: Grigoris Houllis and Magdalini Karachalios |
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Book Description:
Meningitis is an inflammation of the three thin membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord which are collectively called the meninges. It is a serious and sometimes fatal infection affecting the central nervous system and is caused by different bacterial and viral etiologic agents. In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the causes, diagnosis and treatment of meningitis. Topics include the molecular diagnosis and epidemiological typing of bacterial meningitis; novel dissemination and invasion routes of bacterial meningitis; contemporary management of nosocomial bacterial meningitis in neurosurgical practice; meningitis associated with autoimmune diseases and Mollaret's meningitis syndrome. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical) |
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Chapter 1 - Current Concepts of Meningitis: It's Etiological Factors, Management Options and Prognosis (pp. 1-82)
Authors / Editors: (Rewati Raman Sharma, Apollina Sharma, Department of Neurosurgery, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman and Sameer Raniga, Department of Radiology, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman) |
Chapter 2 - Bacterial Meningitis, Molecular Diagnosis and Epidemiological Typing: A Review (pp. 83-140)
Authors / Editors: (Ziad W. Jaradat, Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan) |
Chapter 3 - Tuberculous Meningitis: New Approach for an Old Disease (pp. 141-173)
Authors / Editors: (Fernando Alarcon, Chief of Neurology Department, Professor of Neurology, Hospital Eugenio Espejo, Quito, Ecuador,Dr Gonzalo Dueñas, Neuroradiologist, Chief of Radiology Department of the Hospital Metropolitano and Professor of Universidad San Francisco de Quito) |
Chapter 4 - Meningitis Associated with Autoimmune Diseases (pp. 175-201)
Authors / Editors: (Masakazu Nakamura, Masaaki Niino, Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, and others)
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Chapter 5 - Diagnostic Techniques and Treatment of Meningitis (pp. 203-223)
Authors / Editors: (Sandip K. Dash, Minakshi Sharma, Ashok Kumar, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR), Delhi, India, and others) |
Chapter 6 - Bacterial Meningitis: Novel Dissemination and Invasion Routes (pp. 225-240)
Authors / Editors: (Aristotelis S. Filippidis, Ioannis D. Siasios, Eftychia Z. Kapsalaki, Kostas N. Fountas, Departments of Neurosurgery and Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of Larissa, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece) |
Chapter 7 - Contemporary Management of Nosocomial Bacterial Meningitis in Neurosurgical Practice (pp. 241-254)
Authors / Editors: (Moncef Berhouma, Department of Neurosurgery B, Pierre Wertheimer Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France) |
Chapter 8 - Mollaret's Meningitis (pp. 255-261)
Authors / Editors: (Poulikakos Panagiotis, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital, Athanasaki, Athens, Greece) |
Series:
Neuroscience Research Progress
Neurology - Laboratory and Clinical Research Developments |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| Pub. Date: 2012 1st Quarter |
| Pages: 288.pp |
| ISBN: 978-1-62100-833-0 |
| Status: AV |
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