Microbial Disease Book

Foreword. List of contributors. Chapter 1. Acute bacterial meningitis: general aspects (C.A. Benson, A.A. Harris and S. Levin). Chapter 2. Meningococcal meningitis (J.A.M. Frederiks). Chapter 3. Pneumococcal meningitis (S.J. Sokalski and R.M. Fliegelman). Chapter 4. Haemophilus influenzae meningitis (S.L. Kaplan). Chapter 5. Central nervous system infections due to staphylococci (R. Quintiliani and B.W. Cooper). Chapter 6. Streptococcal meningitis (T.P. Bleck). Chapter 7. Listeria monocytogenes (J.F. John, Jr.). Chapter 8. Gram-negative bacillary meningitis in adults (J.L. LeFrock and B.R. Smith). Chapter 9. Gram-negative bacillary meningitis in infancy (R.H. Meade III). Chapter 10. Cat stratch disease (G.W. Bruyn). Chapter 11. Whipple disease (G.W. Bruyn). Chapter 12. Brain abscess (A. Molavi and M.J. DiNubile). Chapter 13. Infections of the cranial dura and dural sinuses (M.J. DiNubile). Chapter 14. Bacterial infections of the spinal cord and its coverings (T.P. Bleck, C.M. D'Angelo and W.W. Whisler). Chapter 15. Tuberculous meningitis (P.N. Tandon, R. Bhatia and S. Bhargava). Chapter 16. Neurologic sequelae to pertussis, diphtheria and tetanus: natural infection and immunization (A.S. Cross and J.C. Sadoff). Chapter 17. Recently recognized central nervous system infections: legionellosis, toxic shock syndrome, Lyme disease and Kawasaki disease (J.P. Davis, P.J. Chesney, J.D. Johnson and A.R. Pachner). Chapter 18. Neurosyphilis (L.J. Goodman and P.H. Karakusis). Chapter 19. Neurologic complications of infective endocarditis (bacterial endocarditis) (H.R. Jones, Jr. and R.G. Siekert). Chapter 20. Amebic infections of the nervous system (M.T. Niu and R.J. Duma). Chapter 21. Human African trypanosomiasis (M. Dumas and F.Y. Boa). Chapter 22. South American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) (A. Spina-Franca and L.C. Mattosinho-Franca). Chapter 23. Acquired and congenital toxoplasmosis (J. Couvreur and G. Desmonts). Chapter 24. Malaria (G.M. Trenholme). Chapter 25. Aspergillosis (A.I. Hartstein and R.E. Winn). Chapter 26. North American blastomycosis (R.E. Winn and A.I. Hartstein). Chapter 27. Candidiasis (D.C. Hooper). Chapter 28. Coccidioidomycosis (R.E. Winn and A.I. Hartstein). Chapter 29. Cryptococcosis (H.R. Weenink and G.W. Bruyn). Chapter 30. Histoplasmosis (L.J. Wheat and B.E. Batteiger). Chapter 31. Nocardial infections (W. Mandell and H.C. Neu). Chapter 32. Paracoccidioidomycosis (G. Toro González). Chapter 33. Zygomycosis (Mucormycosis) (F.R. Venezio and P.C. Tucker). Chapter 34. Uncommon fungal diseases (B.F. Fetter and G.K. Klintworth). Chapter 35. Helminthiases (A.A.F. Mahmoud). Chapter 36. Filariasis (M. Dumas and G. Avode). Chapter 37. Echinococcosis (W.S. Kammerer). Chapter 38. Cysticercosis (J. Sotelo). Chapter 39. Schistosomiasis (B.A. Blansjaar). Chapter 40. Angiostrongyliasis (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) (Tsu-pei Hung and Eng-Rin Chen). Chapter 41. Trichinosis (M.D. Kramer and J.F. Aita). Chapter 42. Neurobrucellosis (S.M. Al-Deeb, B.A. Yaqub, H.S. Sharif and S.M. Al-Rajeh). Index.