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Principles and practice of pediatric infectious diseases / editor, Sarah S. Long ; associate editors, Charles G. Prober, Marc Fischer.

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"Comprehensive in scope, yet concise and easy to manage, Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th Edition, by Drs. Sarah Long, Charles Prober, and Marc Fischer, is your go-to resource for authoritative information on infectious diseases in children and adolescents. A verita...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Other Authors: Long, Sarah S. (Editor), Prober, Charles G., 1949- (Editor), Fischer, Marc, 1964- (Editor)
Other title:Preceded by: Principles and practice of pediatric infectious diseases. 4th ed. ©2012.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier, [2018]
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Communicable diseases in children.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I: Understanding, controlling, and preventing infectious diseases
  • A: Epidemiology and control of infectious diseases
  • B: Prevention of infectious diseases
  • C: Host defenses against infectious diseases
  • pt. II: Clinical syndromes and cardinal features of infectious diseases: approach to diagnosis and initial management
  • A: Septicemia, toxin, and inflammation-mediated syndromes
  • B: Cardinal symptom complexes
  • C: Oral infections and upper and middle respiratory tract infections
  • D: Lower respiratory tract infections
  • E: Cardiac and vascular infections
  • F: Central nervous system infections
  • G: Genitourinary tract infections
  • H: Gastrointestinal tract infections and intoxications
  • I: Intra-abdominal infections
  • J: Skin and soft tissue infections
  • K: Bone and joint infections
  • L: Eye infection
  • M: Infections related to trauma
  • N: Infections of the fetus and newborn
  • O: Infections and transplantation
  • P: Infections and cancer
  • Q: Infections associated with hospitalization and medical devices
  • R: Infections in patients with deficient defenses
  • S: Human immunodeficiency virus and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • pt. III: Etiologic agents of infectious diseases
  • A: Bacteria
  • Gram-positive cocci
  • Gram-negative cocci
  • Gram-Positive bacilli
  • Enterobacteriaceae: gram-negative bacilli
  • Nonenterobacteriaceae: gram-negative bacilli
  • Gram-negative coccobacilli
  • Treponemataceae (spiral organisms)
  • Anaerobic bacteria
  • Mycoplasma
  • Diseases of possible infectious or unknown etiology
  • B: Viruses
  • DNA viruses: poxviridae
  • DNA viruses: herpesviridae
  • DNA viruses: adenoviridae
  • DNA viruses: papovaviridae
  • DNA viruses: hepadnaviridae
  • DNA viruses: parvoviridae
  • RNA viruses: reoviridae
  • RNA viruses: togaviridae, flaviviridae, and bunyaviridae
  • RNA viruses: coronaviridae
  • RNA viruses: paramyxoviridae
  • RNA viruses: rhabdoviridae
  • RNA viruses: orthomyxoviridae
  • RNA viruses: arenaviridae and filoviridae
  • RNA viruses: retroviridae
  • RNA viruses: picornaviridae
  • RNA viruses: caliciviridae
  • C: Fungi
  • D: Human parasites and vectors
  • Protozoa
  • Nematodes
  • Cestodes
  • Trematodes
  • pt. IV: Laboratory diagnosis and therapy for infectious diseases
  • A: The clinician and the laboratory
  • B: Anti-infective therapy.

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