Table of Contents
Preface
Dedication
Chapter 1. Cerebrospinal Fluid Physiology
Mustafa Can Güler, MD, PhD
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkiye
Chapter 2. Overview of Infectious Diseases of the Central Nervous System
Emine Sehmen, MD
Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Samsun Gazi State Hospital, Samsun, Turkiye
Chapter 3. Acute Bacterial Meningitis
Serhat Atalar, MD
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ordu State Hospital, Ordu, Turkiye
Chapter 4. Aseptic and Viral Meningitis
Özge Kaya Korkmaz, MD and Havva Erdem, MD
Department of Pathology, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkiye
Chapter 5. Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infections
Mehmet O. Bıyık, MD and Mehmet Aktoklu, MD
Departmant of Neurosurgery, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkiye
Chapter 6. Tuberculosis Meningitis
Elif Aydın, PhD
Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Kutahya Health Sciences University, Tavşanlı Health Services Vocational School, Kütahya, Turkiye
Chapter 7. Encephalomyelitis and Neuritis
Bahadır O. Özbay, MD
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Tokat State Hospital, Tokat, Turkiye
Chapter 8. Epidural Abscess, Subdural Empyema, and Brain Abscess
Arzu Altuncekic Yildirim, MD
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkiye
Chapter 9. Rabies and the Central Nervous System
Özgen Gönenç Çekiç, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Science, Trabzon, Turkiye
Chapter 10. Poliomyelitis
Hayri Bozkurt, MD
Department of Family Medicine, Heykel Family Health Center, Bursa, Turkiye
Chapter 11. Tetanus
Yalçın Dicle, PhD
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin, Turkiye
Chapter 12. Botulism
Yalçın Dicle, PhD
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin, Turkiye
Chapter 13. Central Nervous System Parasites
Aydin Aydinli, MD
Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, Turkiye
Chapter 14. HIV and the Central Nervous System
Meltem Karslıoğlu, MD
Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Samsun Gazi State Hospital, Samsun, Turkiye
Chapter 15. Fungal CNS Infections
Sema Tekin Şahin, MD
Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Alanya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkiye
Chapter 16. Prion Disease
Murat Özsaraç, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkiye
Chapter 17. Congenital Central Nervous System Infections
Mehmet Güçlü, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marmara Unıversity, Istanbul, Turkiye
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