Meningitis
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Meningitis

  1. 246 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Meningitis

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Meningitis is a medical emergency requiring a rapid diagnosis and an immediate transfer to an institution supplied with appropriate antibiotic and supportive measures. This book aims to provide general practitioners, paediatricians, and specialist physicians with an essential text written in an accessible language, and also to highlight the differences in pathogenesis and causative agents of meningitis in the developed and the developing world.

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Publisher
IntechOpen
Year
2012
ISBN
9789535169260
Topic
Médecine
Subtopic
Maladies infectieuses

Table of contents

  1. Meningitis
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter 1 Bacterial Meningitis and Deafness in Sub-Saharan Africa
  5. Chapter 2 Emerging Pathogens in Neonatal Bacterial Meningitis
  6. Chapter 3 Perspectives of Neonatal-Perinatal Bacterial Meningitis
  7. Chapter 4 Neurologic Complications of Bacterial Meningitis
  8. Chapter 5 Early Neurologic Outcome and EEG of Infants with Bacterial Meningitis
  9. Chapter 6 Vaccines to Prevent Bacterial Meningitis in Children
  10. Chapter 7 Tuberculous Meningitis
  11. Chapter 8 Molecular Epidemiology and Drug Resistance of Tuberculous Meningitis
  12. Chapter 9 Aseptic Meningitis Caused by Enteroviruses
  13. Chapter 10 An Overview on Cryptococcal Meningitis
  14. Chapter 11 Cryptococcal Meningitis
  15. Chapter 12 Human Parechoviruses, New Players in the Pathogenesis of Viral Meningitis
  16. Chapter 13 Strategies for the Prevention of Meningitis
  17. Chapter 14 Laboratory Diagnosis of Meningitis
  18. Chapter 15 Role of Dexamethasone in Meningitis
  19. Chapter 16 Treatment of Adult Meningitis and Complications