Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of bacterial CNS infections -- Principles of antimicrobial therapy -- Lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid analysis -- Bacterial meningitis -- Brain abscess -- Cranial epidural abscess and subdural empyema -- Spinal epidural abscess and subdural empyema -- Suppurative intracranial thrombophlebitis -- Infections of the central nervous system in the neurosurgical patient -- Rickettsial and ehrlichial infections -- Mycobacterial infections -- Spirochetal infections -- Neurological complications of bacterial endocarditis -- Whipple's disease of the central nervous system -- Neuroimaging of central nervous system infections -- Toxin-mediated syndromes of the nervous system.