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Critical care clinics · Oct 2013
ReviewBacterial Meningitis and Other Nonviral Infections of the Nervous System.
- Thomas P Bleck.
- Rush Medical College, Rush University Medical Center, 600 South Paulina Street, 544 AF, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Electronic address: tbleck@gmail.com.
- Crit Care Clin. 2013 Oct 1;29(4):975-87.
AbstractBacteria and fungi, owing to their intrinsic properties and the host responses they produce, result in relatively specific clinical syndromes when they infect the central nervous system. The infecting organism may produce symptoms and signs by interfering with the function of the nervous system tissue being invaded or compressed. The definitive treatment of central nervous system infection depends on correct identification and antimicrobial treatment of the infecting organism, relief of excessive pressure or mass effect that it exerts, and modulation of the host's immune response to allow clearance of the organism while minimizing excessive inflammation.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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