Fungal infections of the central nervous system : pathogens, diagnosis, and management /: pathogens, diagnosis, and management. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mehmet Turgut, Sundaram Challa, Ali Akhaddar, editors.
• Editors: (Neurosurgeon), Turgut, Mehmet; Challa, Sundaram; Akhaddar, Ali
• Contents: PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- SECTION I: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- Historical aspects of fungal infections -- Epidemiology of fungal infections -- Morphological classification of fungal infections (yeasts, molds, dimorphic) -- Pathogenesis of fungal infections -- Predisposing factors -- Histopathology -- Molecular genetics and genomics of fungal infections -- SECTION II: FUNGAL PATHOGENS: PATHOGENESIS, PATHOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS -- Chapter 8: Aspergillosis -- Candidiasis -- Mucormycosis -- Histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis -- Cryptococcosis -- Blastomycosis and phaeohyphomycosis -- Onychomycosis -- epeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Emmonsiosis -- Cladophialophora bantiana -- Cladosporidium, Fusarium spp, Bipolaris hawaiiensis, Schizophyllum commune, Mycoplasma hominis, Scedosporium apiospermum -- SECTION III: CLINICAL SYNDROMES OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS INVOLVING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ITS COVERINGS -- Meningitis and meningo-encephalitis -- Raised intracranial pressure -- Hydrocephalus -- Intracranial space occupying lesions -- Skull-base syndromes -- Orbito-rhino-cerebral syndrome -- Cavernous sinus syndrome -- Intracranial fungal aneurysms -- Acute ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke syndromes -- Spinal syndromes -- SECTION III: RADIOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS INVOLVING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ITS COVERINGS -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Positron emission tomography-computed tomography -- Imaging findings of fungal infections of the cranial and peripheral nerves -- Imaging findings of fungal infections of sinuses extending into brain -- Imaging findings of fungal infections of spine and spinal cord -- SECTION IV: THERAPY OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS INVOLVING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ITS COVERINGS -- Antifungals: from genomics to resistance and the development of novel agents -- Surgical therapy -- Prognosis of fungal infections involving the central nervous system and its coverings -- SECTION VI: FURTHER INSIGHTS INTO FUNGAL INFECTIONS -- In vitro and animal models of fungal infections oReal-time PCR: advanced technologies and applications -- Next-generation sequencing: current technologies and applications -- Current innovations and future trends -- CONCLUSIONS.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (479 pages)
• Subjects: 616.8; Central nervous system -- Infections; Mycoses; Central Nervous System Fungal Infections; Central nervous system -- Infections; Mycoses; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030060886
• Related ISBNs: 9783030060879
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