Ian Feavers,
Andrew Pollard,
Manish Sadarangani
Springer International Publishing
2015e druk, 2016
9783319086279
Handbook of Meningococcal Disease Management
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Paperback, 100 blz.
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Engels
Springer International Publishing |
2015e druk, 2016
ISBN13: 9783319086279
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Samenvatting
This concise pocketbook will provide readers with an overview and background of meningococcal disease, treatment options and emerging therapies, and methods of prevention. The book was originally commissioned due to recent developments in vaccinations to prevent meningococcal disease. This book reviews the disease progression and associated risk factors; its pathogenesis and diagnosis; methods of treatment and prevention, both current and emerging; and the future directions of meningococcal disease management. The book is ideal for busy healthcare professionals, as it covers all aspects of the disease and its treatment in a condensed and manageable format, whilst including the most up-to-date treatment guidelines and algorithms.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9783319086279
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:100
Uitgever:Springer International Publishing
Druk:2015
Inhoudsopgave
<div>1. Introduction and epidemiology of meningococcal disease</div><div>Neisseria meningitidis </div><div>Disease surveillance </div><div>Case fatality and sequelae </div><div>Epidemiology of meningococcal disease </div><div>Capsular groups causing disease </div><div>Current issues </div><div>Summary points </div><div>References </div><div><br></div><div><div>2. Carriage and transmission of Neisseria meningitidis</div><div>Introduction </div><div>Detecting the carrier state</div><div>The natural history of meningococcal carriage</div><div>Epidemiology of carriage</div><div>Other Neisseria species</div><div>Effect of vaccination on carriage</div><div>Summary points</div><div>References </div><div><br></div><div><div>3. Pathogenesis of invasive disease</div><div>Introduction</div><div>Transmission, adaptation, and penetration to the circulation</div><div>Neisseria meningitidis and intravascular survival</div><div>Meningococcemia: a disease of the endothelial cells</div><div>Pathophysiological characteristics of clinical presentations of meningococcal disease</div></div><div><div>The immune response</div><div>Summary points</div><div>References</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>4. Diagnosis of meningococcal disease</div><div>Introduction</div><div>Conventional diagnosis</div><div>Molecular diagnosis </div><div>Typing of Neisseria meningitidis</div><div>Summary and future outlook</div><div>References</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>5. Clinical aspects of meningococcal disease</div><div>Introduction </div><div>Clinical spectrum of disease</div><div>Symptoms of disease</div><div>Disease outcomes and prognosis </div><div>Raising awareness of disease </div><div>Genetic factors </div><div>Summary points </div><div>References</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>6. Treatment of meningococcal disease</div><div>Introduction</div><div>Shock</div><div>Raised intracranial pressure</div><div>Antibiotic therapy</div><div>Adjunctive therapies </div><div>Where to manage children with meningococcal disease? </div><div>Summary points </div><div>References</div><div><br></div><div><div>7. Prevention of meningococcal disease through vaccination</div><div>Introduction </div><div>Polysaccharide vaccines </div><div>Protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccines </div><div>Production and quality control of polysaccharide and conjugate vaccines</div><div>Immunological correlates of protection </div><div>Capsular group B vaccines </div><div>Summary points </div><div>References</div></div><br></div><div><div>Appendix </div><div>Management of bacterial meningitis in children and young people <br></div><div>Management of meningococcal disease in children and young people</div></div><div><div>Early management of suspected bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in immunocompetent adults</div></div></div>