Helminthic Infections
HELMINTHIC INFECTIONS JOSE A. SERPA, WON K. CHUNG, AND A. CLINTON WHITE, JR. The helminths include a broad range of organisms that are common human parasites. There are three major…
Subdural Empyema and Suppurative Intracranial Phlebitis
SUBDURAL EMPYEMA AND SUPPURATIVE INTRACRANIAL PHLEBITIS BARRY J. HARTMAN AND DAVID C. HELFGOTT CRANIAL SUBDURAL EMPYEMA Empyema is an important form of intracranial suppuration, accounting for 15% to 25% of…
Neuroborreliosis: Nervous System Involvement with Borrelia Species
NEUROBORRELIOSIS: NERVOUS SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT WITH BORRELIA SPECIES JOHN J. HALPERIN, SVEN BERGSTRÖM, AND GARY P. WORMSER Relapsing fever and Lyme disease, infections most commonly acquired through bites of hematophagous arthropods,…
Human Prion Diseases
HUMAN PRION DISEASES SERGGIO C. LANATA, SVEN FORNER, AND MICHAEL D. GESCHWIND The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of closely related fatal neurodegenerative diseases that affect humans and…
Encephalitis
ENCEPHALITIS CAROL GLASER AND ARUN VENKATESAN Encephalitis is one of the most challenging syndromes for clinicians to manage. Patients are often critically ill, and there are many potential etiologies. Despite…
Free-Living and Parasitic Amebic Infections
FREE-LIVING AND PARASITIC AMEBIC INFECTIONS SHANNON MOONAH AND WILLIAM A. PETRI, JR. Central nervous system (CNS) infection with free-living and parasitic amebae is rare but life threatening. Three separate clinical…
Iatrogenic Infections of the Central Nervous System
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Infections Due to Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
INFECTIONS DUE TO NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA JEANA L. BENWILL AND RICHARD J. WALLACE, JR. Mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis have established themselves as human pathogens. By 1960, most of the common…
IV CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SYNDROMES MEDIATED BY BACTERIAL TOXINS
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Mycoplasmal and Ureaplasmal Infections
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