Red Book Atlas of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 161002060X ISBN 13: 9781610020602

Publisher: American Academy Pediatrics, 2016

Synopsis

This best-selling infectious disease resource provides must know information for diagnosing, evaluating, and treating more than 100 paediatric conditions. The content is a concise distillation of Red Book 2015. Key features include 800 detailed clinical photos and radiographs. Succinct captions note crucial aspects of patient presentation and disease processes, and offer valuable insights for differential diagnosis.

Contents include:

• Adenovirus Infections
• Bacteroides and Prevotella Infections
• Candidiasis
• Diphtheria
• Epstein-Barr Virus Infections (Infectious Mononucleosis)
• Giardia intestinalis Infections (Giardiasis)
• Human Herpesvirus 6 (including Roseola) and 7
• Isosporiasis
• Lyme Disease (Lyme borreliosis, Borrelia burgdorferi Infection)
• Meningococcal Infections
• Nocardiosis
• Onchocerciasis (River Blindness, Filariasis)
• Human Papillomaviruses
• Pediculosis Capitis (Head Lice)
• Pinworm Infection (Enterobius vermicularis)
• Pneumococcal Infections
• Rabies
• Respiratory Syncyntial Virus
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
• Salmonella Infections
• Shigella Infections
• Group A Streptococcal Infections
• Syphilis
• Tinea Corporis (Ringworm of the Body)
• Trichinellosis (Trichinella spiralis)
• Tuberculosis
• Endemic Typhus (Flea-borne Typhus or Murine Typhus)
• Vibrio cholerae Infections
• West Nile Virus

About this title

About the Author

Carol J. Baker, MD, FAAP, is executive director of the Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research at Texas Children’s Hospital and professor of pediatrics and of molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. She has served as chair of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, on the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases, as associate editor of multiple editions of Red Book, and as editor of the first 2 editions of Red Book Atlas.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Academy Pediatrics
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161002060X
• ISBN 13: 9781610020602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 777
• Editor: Baker Carol J.