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Main description:
This volume covers topics in infectious diseases in children and is intended for Pediatric Infectious Disease trainees, trainers, and all those who manage children with infections. There is a balance of clinical basic science. In response to numerous requests, additional tropical topics are covered in some depth. As in previous volumes, the emphasis is on hot topics of clinical relevance delivered by world class speakers.
Contents:
Warfare and the State of the World's Children.- How Do We Treat Children with Severe Malaria?.- The Neglected Tropical Diseases: The Ancient Afflictions of Stigma and Poverty and the Prospects for their Control and Elimination.- Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers Caused by Lassa, Ebola and Marburg Viruses.- Rotavirus and Rotavirus Vaccines.- Transient Deficiencies of T-Cell-Mediated Immunity in the Neonate.- Controversies in Neonatal Sepsis: Immunomodulation in the Treatment and Prevention of Neonatal Sepsis.- Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infection in Adolescents and Young Adults.- The Role of Inflammation and Infection in the Development of Chronic Lung Disease of Prematurity.- Streptococcus pneumoniae: Infection, Inflammation and Disease.- Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance on Therapy of Bacterial Pneumonia in Children.- Diagnosis and Prevention of Pneumococcal Disease.- New Antibiotics for Gram-Positive Infections.- Clinical Manifestations of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.- Kingella kingae: An Emerging Pediatric Pathogen.- How to Treat Acute Musculoskeletal Infections in Children.- Prevention of Transmission of HIV-1 from Mothers to Infants in Africa.- Practical Aspects of Antiretroviral Treatment in Children.- Antibiotic Treatment for Acute Otitis Media in Children.- Antibiotic Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Children.- Human Metapneumovirus: An Important Cause of Acute Respiratory Illness.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Publication date: May, 2006
Pages: 304
Weight: 1340g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Paediatrics and Neonatal
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