MR Imaging and Spectroscopy of Central Nervous System Infection

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gupta, Rakesh K. (Editor), Lufkin, Robert B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Internal medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Infectious Diseases.; Internal Medicine.; Diagnostic Radiology.
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Central nervous system (CNS) infections continue to pose a serious problem in health care even with improved knowledge and treatment. Despite the introduction of newer antimicrobial agents and diagnostic techniques, the morbidity and mortality associated with CNS infections remain high. The morbidit...

Table of Contents:

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopic Techniques
• Pyogenic Infections
• Tuberculosis and Other Non Tuberculous Bacterial Granulomatous Infections
• Viral Infections
• Fungal Infections
• Parasitic Infections
• Aids and Its Related Infections
• Congenital Infections
• Parainfectious and Other Infectious Diseases
• Imaging of Postoperative Infections
• Diagnostic Algorithm for a T2 Hypointense Lesion.