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Edited by W. Michael Sheld, Richard J. Whitley, and David T. Durack. 937 pp., illustrated. New York, Raven Press, 1991. $159. ISBN 0-88167-766-3.

This is a thoughtfully organized, comprehensive multiauthored textbook devoted to all aspects of central nervous system infections. It was the editors' intention that their book occupy a position between large general textbooks and single-subject treatises. The book meets their goals with outstanding success.

The editors have addressed their book to the "advanced reader," emphasizing the syndrome-oriented clinical approach while maintaining the primary organization of the book according to microorganism. Additional chapters address diagnostic methods, examination of the cerebrospinal fluid, and neurodiagnostic imaging. The contributors represent a variety of disciplines, each of which adds substantially to our understanding of infections of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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