The Neurological Manifestations of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiency Syndromes (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Barton, Leslie L.; Friedman, Neil R.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

World Health Organization data documents that infectious diseases and immunodeficiencies are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world's children. In The Neurological Manifestations of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiency Syndromes, an authoritative, international panel of experts provide a succinct, up-to-date, evidence-based reference to the neurological consequences of infectious diseases and immunodeficiency syndromes in children in one readily accessible volume. Within each of its conveniently structured chapters, readers will find a general description of the disease or disorder, its epidemiology, etiology, clinical synopsis, neurological manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and therapy.

Comprehensive yet concise, The Neurological Manifestations of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiency Syndromes is an ideal guide for pediatricians, primary care physicians and subspecialists to the complex relationships between infectious diseases, immunodeficiency syndromes and the neurological process.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Humana Press
• Seitenzahl: 421
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781597453912
• Artikelnr.: 37341839

Inhaltsangabe

Viruses.- Herpes Viruses.- Myxoviruses.- Picornaviruses.- Arboviruses.- Togaviruses.- Rhabdoviruses.- Adenoviruses.- Arenaviruses.- Orthopoxviruses.- Retroviruses.- Neurological Consequences of Antiretroviral Treatment.- Papovaviruses.- Bacteria.- Bacterial Meningitis.- Focal Bacterial Infections and Parameningeal Infections.- Streptococcus pyogenes.- Bordetella pertussis.- Shigella Species.- Campylobacter Species.- Brucella Species.- Clostridium tetani.- Clostridium botulinum.- Corynebacterium diphtheriae.- Bartonella Species.- Mycobacterium tuberculosis.- Mycobacterium leprosy.- Rickettsia and Spirochetes.- Rickettsia rickettsii.- Ehrlichia and Anaplasma Species.- Borrelia burgdorferi.- Treponema pallidum.- Fungi.- Candida Species.- Cryptococcus neoformans.- Histoplasma capsulatum.- Coccidioides Species.- Phaeohyphomycoses.- Protozoa.- Protozoal Infections.- Babesia Species.- Helminths.- Helminth Infections.- Primary Immunodeficiencies.- Neurological Disease and Primary Immunodeficiency.- Basic Principles of Selective Neurological Treatments.- Basic Principles of Selective Neurological Treatments.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"This book addresses the neurologic emergencies of pediatric infections and immunodeficiencies in a logical, consistent fashion. ... It is written for physicians in training, primary care physicians, and subspecialists. Anyone treating or aspiring to treat ill children will profit this book. ... The consistent chapter organization is helpful. There is no comparable book and this one is welcome and useful. Neurologists will be better educated about infection ... . As a neurologist, I will open this book frequently." (John Willis, Doody's Review Service, September, 2008)

"The Neurological Manifestations of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiency Syndromes is a carefully devised text with extensive coverage of topic. ... This book is written for physicians in training, primary health care physicians, subspecialists. ... The chapters are interesting to read. ... I would encourage any clinician who is actively involved in the treatment of children with neuroinfections to acquire this text as an essential part of their library." (Jo M. Wilmshurst, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 49 (1), January, 2009)