Meningitis : cellular and molecular basis /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Christodoulides, Myron (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
Series:	Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; v. 26.
Subjects:	Meningitis > microbiology. Meningitis > pathology. Meninges > microbiology. Meninges > pathology. Meningitis > Diagnosis. Meningitis > Microbiology. Meningitis > Pathophysiology. Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000) Human Immunology and Allergology, (New March 2000) Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000) Aetiology. Bacteria. Bacterial diseases. Bacterial meningitis. Biochemical receptors. Cell invasion. Cells. Clinical aspects. Cytoadherence. Fungi. Human diseases. Immune response. Man. Meninges. Meningitis. Mycoses. Pathogenesis. Symptoms. Viral diseases. Viral meningitis. Virulence factors. Virulence. Electronic books.
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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, Hervé Lécuyer, 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.