Meningitis : cellular and molecular basis /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Series: Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; v. 26.
• Subjects: Meningitis > Diagnosis.; Meningitis > Pathophysiology.; Meningitis > Microbiology.; Meningitis > microbiology.; Meningitis > pathology.; Meninges > microbiology.; Meninges > pathology.; Human Immunology and Allergology, (New March 2000); Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Bacteria.; Fungi.; Man.; Aetiology.; Bacterial diseases.; Bacterial meningitis.; Biochemical receptors.; Cell invasion.; Cells.; Clinical aspects.; Cytoadherence.; Human diseases.; Immune response.; Meninges.; Meningitis.; Mycoses.; Pathogenesis.; Symptoms.; Viral diseases.; Viral meningitis.; Virulence.; Virulence factors.; Electronic books.
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This book describes the anatomy of the meninges and the clinical signs and symptoms of meningitis caused by bacterial (mostly), viral, and fungal pathogens. Individual organisms that cause meningitis worldwide are dealt with in specific chapters, describing in detail how these pathogens interact wit...

Table of Contents:

• A history of bacterial meningitis from antiquity to modern times / Myron Christodoulides
• Anatomy of the meninges : structural and functional aspects / Roy O. Weller
• Evidence based clinical examination of meningitis / Sarah Curtis
• Viral meningitis / David N. Irani
• Pathogenesis of cerebrospinal meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis / Mathieu Coureuil, Florence Miller, Olivier Join-Lambert, Herve<U+00cc><U+00fd> Le<U+00cc><U+00fd>cuyer, Sandrine Bourdoulous, Stefano Marullo and Xavier Nassif
• Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis / Matthias Klein, Sven Hammerschmidt, and Uwe Koedel
• Haemophilus influenzae meningitis / Darryl J. Hill and Myron Christodoulides
• Escherichia coli meningitis / Kwang Sik Kim
• Group B streptococcus meningitis / Victor Nizet and Kelly S. Doran
• Chronic meningitis / Erich Schmutzhard and Raimund Helbok
• The pathophysiology of tuberculous meningitis / Guy Thwaites
• Neurosyphilis / Wim Ang
• Streptococcus suis meningitis / Marcelo Gottschalk, Nahuel Fittipaldi, and Mariela Segura
• Listeria monocytogenes : an intracellular pathogen of monocytes and the central nervous system / Nancy E. Freitag, Michael S. Bronze, and Douglas A. Drevets
• Meningitis in neuroborreliosis / Diego Cadavid
• Nosocomial meningitis / Ronny Beer and Bettina Pfausler
• Inflammation in the subarachnoid space / Myron Christodoulides.