This user-friendly text in question-and-answer format is intended for the general pediatric practitioner as well as family physicians, especially those in the office and clinic setting. Emphasis is on common questions and issues encountered in everyday practice. Coverage also includes special topics such as travel medicine and emerging infections (Hanta virus, West Nile virus, etc.). A practical, useful chapter addresses vaccine myths and facts. The text concludes with a useful chapter on fingertip facts.
I. PRIMER ON PATHOGENS AND ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY 1. Bacteria 2. Viruses 3. Fungal Infections 4. Parasitic Infections 5. Antimicrobial Agents
II. UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS 6. Sinusitis 7. Otitis 8. Croup Syndrome and Epiglottitis 9. Pharyngitis and Stomatitis 10. The Common Cold 11. Peritonsillar, Retropharyngeal, and Parapharyngeal Infections 12. Infections of the Eye and Orbit
III. LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS 13. Bronchiolitis, Influenza, and Viral Pneumonia 14. Bacterial Pneumonia in Children 15. Atypical Pneumonia in Children 16, Neonatal Pneumonia and Pneumonia in Early Infancy 17. Pulmonary Aspiration Syndromes 18. Tuberculosis
IV. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM 19. Lymphadenopathy and Lymphadenitis
V. CARDIAC INFECTIONS 20. Acute Rheumatic Fever 21. Kawasaki Disease 22. Other Cardiac Infections
VI. GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS 23. Gastroenteritis 24. Infectious Hepatitis
XI. FEVER 34. Fever without Localizing Signs and Occult Bacteremia 35. Rash and Fever 36. Fever of Unknown Origin
XII. SPECIAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE PROBLEMS 37. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection of Children 38. Infections in the Immunocompromised Child 39. Recurrent Infections 40. Infectious Diseases in Travelers 41. Immigrants, Refugees, and International Adoptees 42. Congenital and Perinatal Infections 43. Lyme Disease 44. Emerging Infections 45. Zoonoses 46. Bioterrorism
XIII. IMMUNIZATIONS 47. Vaccine Facts and Myths 34. Congenital Infections 35. Lyme Disease 36. Infectious Disease Emergencies 37. Emerging Infections (Hantavirus, Leptospirosis, Ehrlichia, Babesia, West Nile, XIV. Fingertip Facts 48. Emergency Department Perspective 49. So You Want to Be a Pediatric I.D. Wiz 50. Editors Fast Facts
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