Pediatric Infectious Diseases: A Comprehensive Guide to the Subspeciality - Hardcover

Noel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801855632 ISBN 13: 9780801855634

Publisher: John Hopkins University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Since 1994, the American Academy of Paediatrics has administered board examinations in the subspecialty of paediatric infectious diseases. Designed specifically for physicians preparing for this exam and based on a content outline distributed by the board, "Paediatric Infectious Diseases" provides a succinct and complete overview of a discipline that is of growing importance to physicians and other health care professionals providing the medical care of children. Organized for precise, quick reference, "Paediatric Infectious Diseases" covers topics that include: immunity and pathogenesis of infectious diseases; clinical microbiology; pathogens; systemic infections; infections by organ system; infections in the compromised child; epidemiology; prevention of infectious diseases; antimicrobials and the treatment of infectious diseases; and research design and data analysis. Suggestions for "Further Reading" at the end of each entry offer more in-depth coverage of each topic. Seventy-five tables and illustrations supplement the text. "It has always been essential", the authors write, "for those who care for children to have a good understanding of how to treat and prevent infections". Today, in view of the challenges posed by antimicrobial resistance, emerging new infectious diseases, and chronic infections such as those caused by human immunodeficiency virus, it is now more important than ever for primary health care providers to play a leading role in preventing and treating infectious diseases in infants and children.

About this title

About the Author

Gary J. Noel, M.D., is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Joseph J. Stavola, M.D., is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Victoria Schauf, M.D., is in private practice in California.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801855632
• ISBN 13: 9780801855634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336