(eBook) Atlas of Infections in Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery by Ali Akhaddar

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Table of Contents

Section I

General Considerations

Chapter 1

Classification and Sources of Infections

Chapter 2

Laboratory Collections and Sample Processing

Section II

Infections of the Brain and Its Coverings

Chapter 3

Scalp Abscesses

Chapter 4

Cranial Osteomyelitis
Chapter 5

Cranial Epidural Abscesses

Chapter 6

Cranial Subdural Empyemas

Chapter 7

Post-Traumatic Meningitis

Chapter 8

Brain Abscesses

Chapter 9

Infectious Encephalitis

Chapter 10
Pyogenic Ventriculitis

Chapter 11

Pituitary Abscesses

Chapter 12

Orbital Abscesses

Chapter 13

Mucopyoceles

Chapter 14

Pott’s Puffy Tumors

Chapter 15

Intracranial Infectious Aneurysms

Section III

Infections of the Spine and Its Coverings

Chapter 16

Paraspinal Pyomyositis

Chapter 17

Vertebral Body and Discal Infections

Chapter 18

Spinal Epidural Abscesses

Chapter 19

Spinal Subdural Abscesses

Chapter 20

Spinal Cord Abscesses

Section IV

Infections following Cranial and Spinal Surgery
Chapter 21

Surgical Site Infections in Cranial Surgery

Chapter 22

Surgical Site Infections in Spinal Surgery

Section V

Specific Pathogens and Other Particular Conditions

Chapter 23

Brain Tuberculomas

Chapter 24

Spinal Tuberculosis

Chapter 25

Neurocysticercosis

Chapter 26

Brain Hydatid Disease

Chapter 27

Spinal Hydatid Disease

Chapter 28

Other Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System

Chapter 29

Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System

Chapter 30

Central Nervous System Infections in HIV patients