{"product_id":"central-nervous-system-infections-in-childhood-isbn-9781909962446","title":"Central Nervous System Infections in Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis title has been developed with the International Child Neurology Association to provide information on all common CNS infections. It covers almost all CNS infections commonly seen in children across the world including those in developed and resource poor countries. It provides concise, state of the art overview of viral, bacterial, tubercular, fungal, parasitic and many other infections of the CNS. In addition involvement of the CNS secondary to other infections or vaccines has also been briefly covered. A chapter on Principles of Management of CNS Infections provides a practical and pragmatic approach to management of CNS infections in general. A chapter on ‘Neuroimaging of CNS Infections’ and ‘A brief account of Febrile Seizures in Children’ is included.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book is intended to be of practical use to residents, physicians, paediatricians and paediatric neurologists across the globe. It should be particularly helpful in providing important information in an easily accessible and comprehensive format, with supporting references. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. BURDEN OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles R Newton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. PATHOGENESIS OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiane E Griffin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. THE PRINICIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunit Singhi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. NEUROIMAGING\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 1: Bacterial, Fungal, Tubercular and Parasitic Infections\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNiran Khandelwal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSection 2: Viral Infections\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZoran Rumboldt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. CONGENITAL INFECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames F Bale, Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. FEBRILE SEIZURES\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian GR Neville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS AND MENINGITIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiane E Griffin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard J Whitley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRashmi Kumar and Rupa R Singh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. RABIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChandrakanta Kanta and Rashmi Kumar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. HIV INFECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJo M Wilmshurst, Brian S Eley and Bruce J Brew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePratibha Singhi and Sunit Singhi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. FOCAL INTRACRANIAL SUPPURATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePratibha Singhi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. TUBERCULOSIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohan F Schoeman and Ronald van Toorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. FUNGAL INFECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunit Singhi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. PARASITIC INFECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Idroand Charles R Newton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePratibha Singhi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. SPIROCHETAL INFECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles R Newton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. MYCOPLASMAL INFECTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAri Bitnun and Susan E Richardson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. RICKETTSIAL DISEASES\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimothy D Minniear and Steven C Buckingham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS CAUSED BY BACTERIAL TOXINS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunit Singhi and Charles R Newton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. POSTINFECTIOUS DISORDERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn T Sladky and Hugh J Willison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The sections on management are very detailed, making this book of great practical importance and a must for all clinicians who are likely to encounter CNS infections.”  (\u003ci\u003eClinical Infectious Diseases\u003c\/i\u003e, 5 October 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eProfessor Pratibha Singhi\u003c\/b\u003e, Chief Pediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopment Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Diane E Griffin\u003c\/b\u003e, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Department, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Charles R Newton\u003c\/b\u003e, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis title has been developed with the International Child Neurology Association to provide information on all common CNS infections. It covers almost all CNS infections commonly seen in children across the world including those in developed and resource poor countries. It provides concise, state of the art overview of viral, bacterial, tubercular, fungal, parasitic and many other infections of the CNS. In addition involvement of the CNS secondary to other infections or vaccines has also been briefly covered. A chapter on Principles of Management of CNS Infections provides a practical and pragmatic approach to management of CNS infections in general. A chapter on ‘Neuroimaging of CNS Infections’ and ‘A brief account of Febrile Seizures in Children’ is included.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book is intended to be of practical use to residents, physicians, paediatricians and paediatric neurologists across the globe. 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