Meningitis and Encephalitis Management and Prevention Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hasbun, Rodrigo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Infectious diseases.; Neurology .; General practice (Medicine).; Immunology.; Gynecology .; Public health.; Infectious Diseases.; Neurology.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Gynecology.; Public Health.

This book seeks to improve outcomes for meningitis and encephalitis cases handled by physicians who may or may not be thoroughly trained for these challenges. The text introduces the current guidelines but also discusses the gaps that leave clinicians struggling to implement the most appropriate app...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Community-acquired acute Bacterial Meningitis
• Healthcare-acquired meningitis and ventriculitis
• Acute Aseptic Meningitis syndrome
• Cryptococcal Meningitis
• Tuberculous meningitis
• Neurobrucellosis
• West Nile encephalitis
• Herpes simplex and Varicella Zoster virus
• Human immunodeficiency virus associated CD8 encephalitis
• Challenges in the management and prevention of Japanese encephalitis
• Autoimmune encephalitis
• Neurosyphilis
• Neuroborreliosis
• Emerging causes of encephalitis: Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya and beyond.