Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Meningitis

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Published30 March 2012

Doi10.5772/1479

ISBN978-953-51-0383-7

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6926-0

Copyright year2012

Number of pages246

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Table of Contents

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2. Emerging Pathogens in Neonatal Bacterial Meningitis

By Marisa Rosso, Pilar Rojas, Gemma Calderón and Antonio Pavón

3,332
7. Tuberculous Meningitis

By Maria Kechagia, Stavroula Mamoucha, Dimitra Adamou, George Kanterakis, Aikaterini Velentza, Nicoletta Skarmoutsou, Konstantinos Stamoulos and Eleni-Maria Fakiri

4,210
8. Molecular Epidemiology and Drug Resistance of Tuberculous Meningitis

By Kiatichai Faksri, Therdsak Prammananan, Manoon Leechawengwongs and Angkana Chaiprasert

3,476
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9. Aseptic Meningitis Caused by Enteroviruses

By Takeshi Hayashi, Takamasa Shirayoshi and Masahiro Ebitani

3,425
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10. An Overview on Cryptococcal Meningitis

By Marcia S. C. Melhem and Mara Cristina S. M. Pappalardo

1,951
11. Cryptococcal Meningitis

By Claudia Fabrizio, Sergio Carbonara and Gioacchino Angarano

2,331
12. Human Parechoviruses, New Players in the Pathogenesis of Viral Meningitis

By Kimberley Benschop, Joanne Wildenbeest, Dasja Pajkrt and Katja Wolthers

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13. Strategies for the Prevention of Meningitis

By J.J. Stoddard, L.M. DeTora, M.M. Yeh, M. Bröker and E.D.G. McIntosh

3,509
14. Laboratory Diagnosis of Meningitis

By S. Nagarathna, H. B. Veenakumari and A. Chandramuki

16,219
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15. Role of Dexamethasone in Meningitis

By Emad uddin Siddiqui and Ghazala Irfan Qazi

11,447
16. Treatment of Adult Meningitis and Complications

By Sónia Costa and Ana Valverde

3,322

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