Rapid diagnosis and treatment are crucial to successful outcomes in infections involving the central nervous system, which can cause significant neurological morbidity and mortality. Neurosurgical Infectious Disease: Surgical and Nonsurgical Management is a comprehensive guide that gives surgeons the core knowledge they need to diagnose, treat, and prevent infectious diseases of the central nervous system.
Key Features:
- Emphasizes newer surgical techniques, including: endoscopy, neuronavigation, and intraoperative guidance
- Covers contemporary radiologic diagnostic techniques and provides excellent imaging examples
- Includes chapters on antibiotic prophylaxis, intracranial infection, and the infection of implanted devices
This excellent neurosurgical reference will be an essential part of the armamentarium used by neurosurgeons and infectious disease specialists in their daily practice.
Table of Content
I Background Information
1 Immunology of the Central Nervous System
2 Microbiological Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Infections
3 Antibiotics and the Development of Resistance
4 Radiology of Central Nervous System Infections
II Etiologic Agents
5 Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System
6 Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System
7 Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System
8 Bacterial Brain Abscess
II CNS Locations for Infection
9 Meningeal Infections
10 Epidural and Spinal Infections
11 Infectious Intracranial Aneurysms
12 Vertebral Column Infections
13 Spinal Canal Infections
IV Neurosurgical Issues
14 Neurosurgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis
15 Postoperative Intracranial Infections
16 Implanted Devices and Central Nervous System Infection
V Special Populations
17 Pediatric Central Nervous System Infections
18 Central Nervous System Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts
19 Systemic Infections in the Neurologic Intensive Care Unit
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