| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"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 veritable "who's who" of global authorities provides the practical knowledge you need to understand, diagnose, and manage almost any pediatric infectious disease you may encounter"--Publisher's description |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Principles and practice of pediatric infectious diseases / editor, Sarah Long ; associate editors, Larry K. Pickering, Charles G. Prober. 4th ed. ©2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases in children.
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Communicable diseases.
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Children.
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Infants.
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Communicable Diseases
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Communicable Disease Control
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Child
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Infant
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children (people by age group)
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infants.
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Infants
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Communicable diseases
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Children
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Communicable diseases in children
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Long, Sarah S., editor.
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Prober, Charles G., 1949- editor.
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Fischer, Marc, 1964- editor.
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| LC no. |
2017014573 |
| ISBN |
9780323461320 |
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0323461328 |
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