DIVISION OF NEUROPATHOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
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Division of Neuropathology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Room A506 PUH 200 Lothrop Street Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Tel: 412-647-9417 |
NEUROPATHOLOGY TRAINING MANUAL
Educational Objectives
Non-Viral Infections
- Know the most common clinical settings in which brain abscesses develop and gross and microscopic findings.
- Know the organisms most likely to cause meningitis in difficult patient populations.
- Know the complications of bacterial meningitis.
- Know the fungal infections most commonly associated with AIDS. .
- Know the pathogenesis of common acute and chronic infections of the brain.
- Know clinical features of meningitis and value of CSF analysis.
- Know effective techniques for evaluating CNS tissue for infectious agents.
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