Description
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- Discusses infectious diseases according to organ system, as well as individually by microorganisms, placing emphasis on the clinical manifestations that may be related to the organism causing the disease.- Provides detailed information regarding the best means to establish a diagnosis, explicit recommendations for therapy, and the most appropriate uses of diagnostic imaging.- Features expanded information on infections in the compromised host; immunomodulating agents and their potential use in the treatment of infectious diseases; and Ebola virus.- Contains hundreds of new color images throughout, as well as new guidelines, new resistance epidemiology, and new Global Health Milestones.- Includes new chapters on Zika virus and Guillain-Barré syndrome.- Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Table of Contents
Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 8th editionPart 1 - Host-Parasite Relationships and the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases1. Molecular Determinants of Microbial Pathogenesis2. Normal and Impaired Immunologic Responses to Infection3. The Host Response to Infections: The Omics Revolution4. Fever: Pathogenesis and Treatment5. The Human Microbiome6. Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Infectious Diseases Part 2 - Infection of Specific Organ SystemsSection 1 - Upper Respiratory Tract Infections7. The Common Cold8. Infections of the Oral Cavity9. Pharyngitis (Pharyngitis, Tonsillitis, Tonsillopharyngitis, and Nasopharyngitis)10. Uvulitis11. Peritonsillar, Retropharyngeal, and Parapharyngeal Abscesses12. Cervical Lymphadenitis13. Parotitis 14. Rhinosinusitis 15. Otitis Externa 16. Otitis Media17. Mastoiditis18. Croup (Laryngitis, Laryngotracheitis, Spasmodic Croup, Laryngotracheobronchitis, Bacterial Tracheitis, and Laryngotracheobronchopneumonitis) and Epiglottitis (Supraglottitis) Section 2 - Lower Respiratory Tract Infections19. Acute Bronchitis20. Chronic Bronchitis21. Bronchiolitis and Infectious Asthma22. Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia23. Empyema and Lung Absess24. Children's Interstitial Lung Disease and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis 25. Cystic FibrosisSection 3 - Infections of the Heart26. Infective Endocarditis27. Infectious Pericarditis28. Myocarditis29. Acute Rheumatic Fever30. Mediastinitis Section 4 - Central Nervous System Infections31. Bacterial Meningitis Beyond the Neonatal Period 32. Parameningeal Infections.33. Fungal Meningitis34. Eosinophilic Meningitis35. Aseptic Meningitis and Viral Meningitis 36. Encephalitis and Meningoencephalitis37. Parainfectious and Postinfectious Disorders of the Nervous System37a. Parainfectious and Postinfectious Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System37b. Infection-Associated Myelitis and Myelopathies of the Spinal Cord37c. Guillain-Barreì SyndromeSection 5 - Genitourinary Tract Infections38. Urethritis39. Cystitis and Pyelonephritis40. Renal Abscess41. Prostatitis42. Genital InfectionsSection 6 - Gastrointestinal Tract Infections43. Esophagitis 44. Approach to Patients with Gastrointestinal Tract Infections and Food Poisoning45. Clostridium Difficile Infection46. Whipple DiseaseSection 7 - Liver Diseases47. Hepatitis 48. Cholangitis and Cholecystitis49. Pyogenic Liver Abscess 50. Reye Syndrome Section 8 - Other Intra-Abdominal Infections51. Appendicitis and Pelvic Abscess52. Pancreatitis53. Peritonitis and Intra-Abdominal Abscess54. Retroperitoneal InfectionsSection 9 - Musculoskeletal Infections55. Osteomyelitis56. Septic Arthritis57. Bacterial Myositis and Pyomyositis Section 10 - Skin Infections58. Cutaneous Manifestatiions of Systemic Infections59. Roseola Infantum (Exanthem Subitum) 60. Skin Infections 60a. Bacterial Skin Infections 60b. Viral and Fungal Skin Infections Section 11 - Ocular Infectious Diseases61. Ocular Infections Section 12 - Systemic Infectious Diseases62. Bacteremia and Septic Shock63. Fever Without Source and Fever of Unknown Origin64. Toxic Shock Syndrome65. Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Section 13 - Infections of the Fetus and Newborn66. Approach to Infections in the Fetus and Newborn Section 14 - Infections of the Compromised Host67. Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases68. The Febrile Neutropenic Patient69. Opportunistic Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation 70. Infections in Pediatric Heart Transplantation71. Infections in Pediatric Lung Transplantation 72. Opportunistic Infections in Liver and Intestinal Transplantation 73. Opportunistic Infections in Kidney Transplantation 74. Infections Related to Prosthetic or Artificial Devices75.
