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(Neurological Disease and Therapy.) Edited by Karen L. Roos. 770 pp., illustrated. New York, Marcel Dekker, 1997. $195. ISBN 0-8247-9811-2.

This textbook, one of a series on neurologic diseases, is a multiauthored compendium intended for clinicians who diagnose and treat central nervous system infections. It is easy to be dismissive of such an effort, given the rapidity of recent advances in the field and the widespread availability of computerized literature searches. This book is so generally useful, however, that it is on my "desert island" list.

There are chapters on the various microorganisms that can infect the central nervous system. Most of these chapters begin with engrossing historical overviews, followed by discussions that cover the time-honored sequence of topics: pathophysiology, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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