Krugman's infectious diseases of children.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krugman, Saul, 1911-1995.

Gershon, Anne A.

Hotez, Peter J.

Katz, Samuel L., 1927-2022.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases in children.

Communicable Diseases.

Child.

Infant.

Medical Subjects:

Communicable Diseases.

Child.

Infant.

Physical Description:

xvi, 1037 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Edition:

Eleventh edition / [edited by] Anne A. Gershon, Peter J. Hotez, Samuel L. Katz.

Other Title:

Infectious diseases of children

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Mosby, [2004]

Summary:

This classic text delivers comprehensive, yet concise coverage of childhood exanthems and other infections, offering practical options for their management and treatment. Thoroughly cross-referenced chapters and a wealth of helpful tables, diagrams, charts, photographs, and color plates speed readers to a diagnosis. Chapters cover history, management, and treatment of the major infections affecting children worldwide, including emerging and re-emerging diseases in developing countries (such as malaria and dengue). Reflects the most recent developments in the field with New chapters on fungal infections, eye infections, cholera, dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, malaria, and helminthic infections.An updated smallpox/vaccinia chapter with information on bioterrorism and the initiation of smallpox vaccination programs.An expanded discussion of pseudomonas infections in the cystic fibrosis chapter.Discussions of the newer hepatitis viruses.

Contents:

1. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Human Immunodeficiency Virus / William Borkowsky 1

2. Botulism / Sarah S. Long 31

3. Cholera / Edward T. Ryan, Mohammed Abdus Salam 35

4. Cytomegalovirus / Gail J. Demmler 47

5. Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever / Niranjan Kanesa-Thasan, David W. Vaughn, Robert E. Shope 73

6. Diphtheria / Melinda Wharton 85

7. Endocarditis / Lisa Saiman 97

8. Enteroviruses / John F. Modlin 117

9. Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Ben Z. Katz, George Miller 143

10. Eye Infections / Gonzalo Vicente, Barrett Katz 161

11. Fungal Infections in Childhood / Margaret K. Hostetter 187

12. Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract / Larry K. Pickering, Thomas G. Cleary 201

13. Helminth Infections / Peter J. Hotez 227

14. Haemophilus Influenzae Type B / Dennis A. Clements 239

15. Herpes Simplex Virus Infections / Paula W. Annunziato 259

16. Human Herpesvirus 6, 7, and 8 / Caroline Breese Hall 277

17. Infection in the Immunoincompetent Child / Stephen J. Chanock 293

18. Kawasaki Syndrome / Anne H. Rowley 323

19. Malaria / Johanna P. Daily 337

20. Measles (Rubeola) / Samuel L. Katz 353

21. Meningitis / Xavier Saez-Llorens, George H. McCracken, Jr. 373

22. Mumps / Anne A. Gershon 391

23. Osteomyelitis and Suppurative Arthritis / Kathleen McKenna Vozzelli, Laura Gutman 403

24. Otitis Media / Jerome O. Klein 417

25. Parvovirus Infections / Stuart P. Adler, William C. Koch 429

26. Pertussis (Whooping Cough) / Edward A. Mortimer, Jr., James D. Cherry 443

27. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Cystic Fibrosis / Emily DiMango, Alice S. Prince 461

28. Rabies (Hydrophobia, Rage, Lyssa) / Stanley A. Plotkin 477

29. Respiratory Infections / Margaret Burroughs, Maria-Arantxa Horga, Matthew T. Murrell, Anne Moscona 493

30. Rubella (German Measles) / Anne A. Gershon 531

31. Sepsis in the Newborn / Morven S. Edwards, Carol J. Baker 545

32. Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Margaret R. Hammerschlag, Sarah A. Rawstron, Kenneth Bromberg 563

33. Smallpox and Vaccinia / Samuel L. Katz 613

34. Staphylococcal Infections / Alice S. Prince 627

35. Streptococcal Infections / James K. Todd 641

36. Tetanus (Lockjaw) and Neonatal Tetanus / Catherine Wilfert, Peter J. Hotez 655

37. Tick-borne Infections / Eugene D. Shapiro 663

38. Toxoplasmosis / Fiona Roberts, Kenneth Boyer, Rima McLeod 697

39. Tuberculosis / Jeffrey R. Starke 731

40. Urinary Tract Infections / Keith M. Krasinski 769

41. Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections / Anne A. Gershon, Philip LaRussa 785

42. Viral Hepatitis: A, B, C, D, E, and Newer Hepatitis Agents / William Borkowsky, Saul Krugman 817

43. Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System / Richard J. Whitley 855

44. Wounds, Abscesses, and Other Infections Caused by Anaerobic Bacteria / Shirley Jankelevich 879

45. Diagnosis of Acute Exanthematous Diseases / Saul Krugman 925

Appendix A Antimicrobial Drugs 933

Appendix B Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule 995

Appendix C Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 1001.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0323017568

OCLC:

52553769