Meningitis - Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment (Neuroscience Research Progress) (Dec 31, 2011)_(1621008339)_(Nova Biomedical).pdf

Meningitis is an inflammation of the three thin membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord which are collectively called the meninges. It is a serious and sometimes fatal infection affecting the central nervous system and is caused by different bacterial and viral etiologic agents. In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the causes, diagnosis and treatment of meningitis. Topics include the molecular diagnosis and epidemiological typing of bacterial meningitis; novel dissemination and invasion routes of bacterial meningitis; contemporary management of nosocomial bacterial meningitis in neurosurgical practice; meningitis associated with autoimmune diseases and Mollaret's meningitis syndrome. CONTENTS PREFACE Chapter 2 Bacterial Meningitis, Molecular Diagnosis and Epidemiological Typing: A Review 83 Chapter 3 Tuberculous Meningitis:New Approach for an Old Disease 141 Chapter 4 Meningitis Associated with Autoimmune Diseases 175 ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION BEHҪET DISEASE Table1. Treatments for CNS manifestation of autoimmune diseases focusing on aseptic meningitis SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS i) Rheumatoid Pachymeningitis (RPM) ii) Rheumatoid Leptomeningitis Chapter 5 Meningitis: Diagnostic Techniques and Treatment 203 Chapter 6 Bacterial Meningitis: Novel Dissemination and Invasion Routes 225 Bacterial meningitis : molecular diagnosis and epidemiological typing : a review / Ziad W. Jaradat Meningitis : causes, diagnosis, and treatment / Rewati Raman Sharma, Apollina Sharma Meningitis associated with autoimmune diseases / Masakazu Nakamura ... [et al.] Meningitis : causes, diagnosis, and treatment / Sandip K. Dash ... [et al.] Bacterial meningitis : novel dissemination and invasion routes / Aristotelis S. Filippidis ... [et al.] Contemporary management of nosocomial bacterial meningitis in neurosurgical practice / Moncef Berhouma Mollaret's meningitis / Poulikakos Panagiotis.