Encephalitis

Diagnosis and Treatment
Herausgeber: Halperin, John

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Encephalitis is inflammation of the brain, usually brought on by a viral infection, and currently poses a grave threat to patients around the world. With the migration of West Nile virus into North America, there is a greater awareness and corresponding need to understand, diagnose and manage these now more common brain disorders. Within this text international experts will discuss advances in diagnostic tools, as well as therapeutic approaches that allow the clinician to better recognize and treat patients afflicted with encephalitis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780849340314
• ISBN-10: 0849340314
• Artikelnr.: 23065438

Autorenporträt

John Halperin

Inhaltsangabe

Neuropathology of Encephalitis. PCR & Other Lab (serology, culture).
Critical Care Management. Encephalitis, Encephalopathy, and Epilepsy.
Clinical Approach in Encephalitis. Viral Encephalitis: Background,
Arboviruses, and Enteroviruses. West Nile. Tick Borne Encephalitis.
Herpesvirus Encephalitis. Rabies. HIV Associated Brain Disease. Spirochetal
Infections of the Nervous System. Encephalitis Due to Parasites.
Neurobrucellosis. Listeria Infections and the Central Nervous System.
Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System. Acute Disseminated
Encephalomyelitis. Paraneoplastic and Related Forms of Encephalitis.