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Record Nr.

UNINA9910626113003321

Titolo

Meningitis : cellular and molecular basis / / edited by Myron Christodoulides

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-78924-420-X

1-78064-340-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology ; ; 26

Disciplina

616.82

Soggetti

Meningitis

Meningitis - Microbiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""1 A History of Bacterial Meningitis from Antiquity to Modern Times""; ""2 Anatomy of the Meninges: Structural and Functional Aspects""; ""3 Evidence-based Clinical Examination of Meningitis""; ""4 Viral Meningitis""; ""5 Pathogenesis of Cerebrospinal Meningitis Caused by Neisseria meningitidis""; ""6 Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis""; ""7 Haemophilus influenzae Meningitis""; ""8 Escherichia coli Meningitis""; ""9 Group B Streptococcus Meningitis""; ""10 Chronic Meningitis""; ""11 The Pathophysiology of Tuberculous Meningitis""

""12 Neurosyphilis""""13 Streptococcus suis Meningitis""; ""14 Listeria monocytogenes: An Intracellular Pathogen of Monocytes and the Central Nervous System""; ""15 Meningitis in Neuroborreliosis""; ""16 Nosocomial Meningitis""; ""17 Inflammation in the Subarachnoid Space""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Examining meningitis mainly from a bacterial perspective, but also including an overview of viral, fungal and chronic meningitis, this book describes the anatomy of the meninges and clinical signs and symptoms of meningitis. Individual organisms that cause meningitis



worldwide are dealt with in specific chapters, describing in detail how these pathogens interact with the human host at both a molecular and cellular level, providing a thorough understanding of bacterial virulence factors and host cell response.