Title The neurological manifestations of pediatric infectious diseases and immunodeficiency syndromes / [edited by] Leslie L. Barton, Neil R. Friedman ; foreword by Joseph J. Volpe

Published Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 421 pages) : illustrations Series Infectious disease Infectious disease (Totowa, N.J.) Contents Herpes viruses -- Myxoviruses -- Picornaviruses -- Arboviruses -- Togaviruses -- Rhabdoviruses -- Adenoviruses -- Arenaviruses -- Orthopoxviruses -- Retroviruses -- Neurological consequences of antiretroviral treatment -- Papovaviruses -- Bacterial meningitis -- Focal bacterial infections and parameningeal infections -- Streptococcus pyogenes -- Bordetella petussis -- Shigella species -- Campylobacter species -- Brucella species -- Clostridium tetani -- Clostridium botulinum -- Corynebacterium diphtheriae -- Bartonella species -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Mycobacterium leprae -- Rickettsia rickettsii -- Ehrlichia and Anaplasma species -- Borrelia burgdorferi -- Treponema pallidum -- Candida species -- Cryptococcus neoformans -- Histoplasma capsulatum -- Coccidiodes species -- Phaeohyphomycoses -- Protozoal infections -- Babesia species -- Helminth infections -- Neurological disease and primary immunodeficiency -- Basic principles of selective neurological treatments Summary World Health Organization data documents that infectious diseases and immunodeficiencies are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world's children. In The Neurological Manifestations of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiency Syndromes, an authoritative, international panel of experts provide a succinct, up-to-date, evidence-based reference to the neurological consequences of infectious diseases and immunodeficiency syndromes in children in one readily accessible volume. Within each of its conveniently structured chapters, readers will find a general description of the disease or disorder, its epidemiology, etiology, clinical synopsis, neurological manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and therapy. Comprehensive yet concise, The Neurological Manifestations of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiency Syndromes is an ideal guide for pediatricians, primary care physicians and subspecialists to the complex relationships between infectious diseases, immunodeficiency syndromes and the neurological process Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Communicable diseases in children. Neurologic manifestations of general diseases. Immunological deficiency syndromes. Bacterial diseases. Children. Communicable diseases. Bacterial Infections Child Communicable Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Neurologic Manifestations children (people by age group) HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health. Communicable diseases. Immunologic deficiency syndromes. Neurologic Manifestations. Communicable diseases in children. Neurologic manifestations of general diseases. Immunological deficiency syndromes. Bacterial Infections. Child. Communicable diseases Children Bacterial diseases Communicable diseases in children Immunological deficiency syndromes Neurologic manifestations of general diseases Form Electronic book Author Barton, Leslie L. Friedman, Neil R. LC no. 2007933722 ISBN 9781588299673 1588299678 9781597453912 1597453919

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