Full Description
The global burden of neurological infectious diseases is huge. Sometimes the diagnosis is straightforward. On other occasions it may be difficult, especially because of the overlap with inflammatory neurological conditions. Delays or missed diagnoses can have devastating consequences for patients. This book brings together adult and pediatric clinical cases in neurological infection and inflammation, including important conditions for both developed countries and resource-poor settings. Clinical case studies are recognized as a useful learning tool for clinicians at all stages in their careers. Each real case works through the history, examination, and investigation findings to the diagnosis and treatment pathway. This is followed by discussion of the key issues, with the inclusion of historical or quirky facts. Many cases are supported online by a certified post-case quiz, testing the reader's clinical reasoning, integrative thinking, and problem-solving.
Contents
List of contributors; Preface; 1. Occam's razor through the neuroaxis; 2. Between the head and the heart; 3. Thinking laterally; 4. No laughing matter; 5. Unusual cause for an expanding head circumference in a neonate; 6. No hard feelings; 7. The masquerader; 8. An old enemy; 9. A Vietnamese child who is floppy and falling; 10. Disseminated in time and space; 11. Double trouble; 12. Hiking into danger; 13. A runny nose, running into trouble; 14. An undulating fever; 15. Headache and fever after a safari; 16. Sent home with a pain in the ear; 17. Relapsing infection and a spelling bug; 18. Scratching the surface; 19. Cloudy with a chance of cytokine storms; 20. Ter-wit-ter-woo!; 21. Same family, different genus, new problem?; 22. The great pretender; 23. Word salad; 24. A mildly unwell mother delivers a very unwell baby; 25. A creeping weakness; 26. Preventable cause of peripheral neuropathy; 27. It's in the genes; 28. Sutton's law; 29. 'No milk for me please'; 30. More than mononucleosis: a familial or reactive risk?; 31. Return of an old foe; 32. The lethal masquerader; 33. Bitten in the Hampshires; 34. Is it all to do with his glands doctor?; 35. A recurring pain in the neck; 36. A new case of history repeating itself?; 37. Feeling a little light-headed; 38. A rare cause of coma that could run in the family; 39. A travelling salesman, slowing down; 40. A nasty, rare, and ironic unwanted effect; 41. A rash diagnosis; 42. Seizure in a seasoned traveller; 43. Stiff and stuporous; 44. Just unlucky or is some detective work needed?; 45. A case of missing the point; 46. Have I got a monster in my body?; 47. Not quite so reserved anymore; 48. Thought we had seen the last of this?; 49. Sick as a swine; 50. A tic in the (voice) box; 51. A forgotten itch; 52. Brain on fire; 53. Fitting and febrile - getting complicated; 54. A pain in the leg; 55. A wobbly toddler; 56. Popping problems; 57. A bad headache and an awkward eye; 58. Drowsy with difficulty swallowing; 59. Two types of shaking; 60. Diagnosing a headache: follow your gut feeling; 61. Floppy and falling when back home; 62. Big game; 63. A Busse-Buschke secret; 64. Tied in a knot; 65. Twitchy and twitching; 66. An itchy problem.
