Book[edited by] James D. Cherry, Gail J. Harrison, Sheldon L. Kaplan, William J. Steinbach, Peter J. Hotez.
Summary: "Offering unparalleled coverage of infectious diseases in children and adolescents, Feigin & Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 8th Edition, continues to provide the information you need on epidemiology, public health, preventive medicine, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and much more. This extensively revised edition by Drs. James Cherry, Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, Sheldon L. Kaplan, William J. Steinbach, and Peter J. Hotez, offers a brand-new full-color design, new color images, new guidelines, and new content, reflecting today's more aggressive infectious and resistant strains as well as emerging and re-emerging diseases"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Part 1: Host-parasite relationships and the pathogenesis of infectious diseases
Part 2: Infection of specific organ systems. Upper respiratory tract infections
Lower respiratory tract infections
Infections of the heart
Central nervous system infections
Genitourinary tract infections
Gastrointestinal tract infections
Liver diseases
Other intra-abdominal infections
Musculoskeletal infections
Skin infections
Ocular infectious diseases
Systemic infectious diseases
Infections of the fetus and newborn
Infections of the compromised host
Unclassified infectious diseases
Part 3: Infections with specific microorganisms
Bacterial infections
Gram-positive cocci
Gram-negative cocci
Gram-positive bacilli
Gram-negative bacilli
Treponemataceae
Anaerobic bacteria
Viral Infections. Classification and nomenclature of viruses. DNA viruses.
Parvoviridae
Polyomaviridae
Adenoviridae
Hepatoviridae
Herpesviridae
Poxviridae
RNA viruses. Picornaviridae
Caliciviridae
Reoviridae
Togaviridae
Flaviviridae
Orthomyxoviridae
Paramyxoviridae
Rhabdoviridae
Arenaviridae and Filoviridae
Coronaviridae and Toroviridae
Bunyaviridae
Retroviridae
Prion-related diseases
Chlamydia
Rickettsial diseases
Mycoplasma
Fungal diseases
Parasitic diseases
Protozoa
Nematodes
Cestodes
Trematodes
Arthropods
Global health
Part 4: Therapeutics. Antibiotic resistance
Part 5: Prevention of infectious diseases. Other preventative considerations
Part 6: Approach to the laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases.