Pediatric Infectious Diseases
An Issue of Pediatric Clinics
Published on 30. June 2005
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-4160-2750-8 (ISBN)
Description
Despite an ever increasing array of antimicrobial agents and an expanding vaccination program, infectious diseases remain an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children. This issue will address some of the most important contemporary issues in pediatric infectious diseases, with emphasis on clinical presentation, prevention, and therapy. General chapters on immunization and chemotherapy (antiviral, antibiotic, antiparasitic, and antifungal) will be complemented by discussion of common clinical syndromes, including otitis media, pharyngitis, bronchiolitis and pneumonia, gastroenteritis, bone and joint infections, meningitis, and periodic fevers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations (some col.)
ISBN-13
978-1-4160-2750-8 (9781416027508)
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Content
1. Important Bacterial Gastrointestinal Pathogens in Children (Amieva) 2. Guidelines for the Selection of Antibiotic Therapy in Children? (Bradley) 3. Diagnosis & Treatment of Pharyngitis in Children (Gerber) 4. Bone and Joint Infections in Children (Gutierrez) 5. Antiviral Therapies in Children: Has Their Time Arrived? (Kimberlin) 6. Periodic Fevers (Long) 7. Bacterial Meningitis in Children (McCracken) 8. Impact of Respiratory Viral Infections in Children (Meissner) 9. Antiparasitic Therapy in Children (Oberhelman) 10. Otitis Media: Re-evaluation of Diagnosis and Treatment in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance, Pneumococcal Vaccine and Evolving Morbidity (Pelton) 11. Immunization: The Right of Passage (Pickering) 12. Antifungal Therapy in Children (Steinbach)