Infections of the Nervous System

I: Meningitis.- 1. The Diagnosis and Therapy of Acute Bacterial Meningitis.- 2. Complications of Bacterial Meningitis.- 3. The Aseptic Meningitis Syndrome.- 4. Chronic Meningitis.- 5. Posttraumatic Meningitis.- 6. Infections of Central-Nervous-System Shunts.- 7. Noninfectious Causes of Acute CNS Inflammation.- II: Brain—Diffuse and Focal Processes.- 8. Brain Abscess and Related Focal Intracranial Suppuration.- 9. Acute Viral Encephalitis.- 10. Postinfection Complications of the Central Nervous System.- 11. The Cerebellum and CNS Infection.- 12. Prions Causing Transmissible Neurodegenerative Diseases.- III: Spine and Peripheral Nerves.- 13. Spinal Epidural Abscess.- 14. Myelitis.- 15. Peripheral Nerve Disease Caused by Infection, Toxins, and Postinfectious Syndromes.- IV: Problematic Pathogens and States.- 16. Central-Nervous-System Tuberculosis.- 17. Cryptococcal and Other Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System.- 18. Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System.- 19. Neurosyphilis.- 20. AIDS and Other Immunocompromised States.- 21. Neurologic Manifestations of Lyme Disease.- V: Diagnosis.- 22. Diagnostic Imaging of CNS Infection and Inflammation.- 23. Evaluation of Cerebrospinal Fluid.