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Infections of the Central Nervous System

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Management of Antimicrobials in Infectious Diseases

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Infections of the central nervous system (CNS) continue to be a major health social and economic toll on society due to the significant morbidity and mortality associated with these infections. Proper recognition and early treatment can have a significant impact on outcome of most of these infections. This chapter presents a syndrome-oriented clinical approach to a patient with CNS infection with an emphasis on antimicrobial therapy (see Table 1). Specifically, we focus on acute and chronic meningitis, acute and chronic encephalitis, and space-occupying lesion syndrome.

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  1. Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    Arch G. Mainous III PhD

  2. College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    Claire Pomeroy MD

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Nath, A., Berger, J. (2001). Infections of the Central Nervous System. In: Mainous, A.G., Pomeroy, C. (eds) Management of Antimicrobials in Infectious Diseases. Infectious Disease. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-036-0_14

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