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Diagnostic Approach to a Patient with Suspected CNS Infection

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Neurological Complications of Infectious Diseases

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This chapter outlines the fundamental principles of clinical reasoning in neurologic infectious diseases, and gives a practical diagnostic approach to various clinical syndromes of central nervous system infections.

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Apt 635, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Adarsh Bhimraj

  2. Division of Infectious Disease, MCN A-2200, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Karen C. Bloch

  3. UT Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA

    Rodrigo Hasbun

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  1. UT Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA

    Rodrigo Hasbun, MD MPH

  2. Div of Infectious Dis, MCN A-2200, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Karen C. Bloch, MD MPH

  3. Dept of Infectious Diseases, Apt 635, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Adarsh Bhimraj, MD

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Bhimraj, A., Bloch, K.C., Hasbun, R. (2021). Diagnostic Approach to a Patient with Suspected CNS Infection. In: Hasbun, MD MPH, R., Bloch, MD MPH, K.C., Bhimraj, MD, A. (eds) Neurological Complications of Infectious Diseases. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56084-3_1

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