| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 2696) : illustrations (some color) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Feigin and Cherry's textbook of pediatric infectious diseases / [edited by] James D. Cherry [and four others]. Seventh edition. [2014] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from electronic title page (ClinicalKey, viewed March 14, 2018) |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases in children.
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Children.
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Infants.
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Communicable diseases.
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Human beings.
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Child
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Humans
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Infant
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Communicable Diseases
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Pediatrics -- methods
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children (people by age group)
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infants.
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Homo sapiens (species)
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Communicable diseases in children
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cherry, James D. (James Donald), 1930- editor.
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Harrison, Gail J., author.
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Kaplan, Sheldon L., editor.
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Steinbach, William J., editor.
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Hotez, Peter J., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780323392815 |
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0323392814 |
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9780323376921 |
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0323376924 |
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