RT Book, Section
A1 Koppel, Barbara S.
A1 Thakur, Kiran T.
A1 Akinlonu, Adedoyin
A2 Brust, John C.M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1159972490
T1 Bacterial, Fungal, & Parasitic Infections of the Nervous System
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Neurology, 3e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835315
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159972490
RD 2024/04/24
AB Infection  can  affect  the  function  of  the  nervous  system  by  damaging  the  brain  or  its  lining  (meningoencephalitis,  abscess,  subdural  empyema),  spinal  cord  (myelitis,  cord  compression),  lumbosacral  plexus,  muscle,  and  nerve.  At  least  1%  of  hospital  admissions  relate  to  infection  of  the  central  nervous  system  (CNS).