Bookedited by Hector H. Garcia, Herbert B. Tanowitz, Oscar H. Del Brutto.
Summary: "Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology, a new volume in The Handbook of Clinical Neurology, provides a comprehensive and contemporary reference on parasitic infections of the human nervous system. Parasitic infections are varied and some are resolved by the host's immune system, other infections may become established even though unnoticed, and some cause severe disease and death. In our modern world, neuroparasitoses are no longer geographically isolated and these infections now appear worldwide. Outside of a very few well understood pathologies, most parasitic infections have been neglected in the neurological literature and most neurologists have never diagnosed such an infection. This volume details how, with the advent of modern neuroimaging techniques, improved diagnostic applications of molecular biology, more accurate immunodiagnosis, and minimally invasive neurosurgery, human nervous system parasitoses are now diagnosed and treated, with increasing frequency. The book is divided into six sections, and begins with an introduction to the mechanisms of infection, diagnosis, and pathology of parasitic diseases. Subsequent chapters detail protozoan diseases and a section covering each of the major classes of human-infecting helminths: nematodes (roundworms), trematodes (flukes), and cestodes (tapeworms). The final section contains chapters on other important areas of tropical clinical medicine including the neurological complications of venomous bites and tropical nutritional deficiencies. Neuroparasitology and Tropical Neurology will be of interest to neurologists, neurosurgeons and other health professionals encountering patients with parasitic infections"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Neurological aspects of neglected tropical diseases: an unrecognized burden
Mechanisms of CNS invasion and damage by parasites
Immunodiagnosis of CNS parasitic infections
Imaging of parasitic infections of the central nervous system
Pathology of CNS parasitic infections
Cerebral malaria
American trypanosomiasis
Toxoplasmosis
Entamoeba histolytica brain abscess
Infections with free-living amebae
Human African trypanosomiasis
Microsporidiasis
Neurological manifestations of human leishmaniasis
Neurological manifestations of human babesiosis
Eosinophilic meningitis
Toxocariasis
Strongyloides stercoralis infection complicating the central nervous system
Neurological manifestations of filarial infections
Neurotrichinellosis
Baylisascaris larva migrans
Other helminthic infections: Ascariasis, Dracontiasis, Lagochilascariasis, Micronemiasis
Schistosomiasis of the nervous system
Paragonimiasis
Direct and indirect affection of the central nervous system by Fasciola infection
Neurocysticercosis
Cystic and alveolar echinococcosis
Other cestodes: sparganosis, coenurosis and Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis
Neurological effects of venomous bites and stings: snakes, spiders, and scorpions
Effects of geohelminth infections on neurological development
Nutritional disorders in tropical neurology.