Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children VIII

ISBN-13: 9781493952243 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 212 str.

Nigel Curtis; Adam Finn; Andrew J. Pollard

Opis

Written for pediatric clinical researchers, trainees and trainers, this volume focuses on infectious diseases and immunity in children.

Spis treści

Our time of pestilence: purchasing immunity and ignoring the misery of others.- Neonatal meningitis: can we do better?.- Approaches towards avoiding lifelong antiretrovial therapy in paediatric HIV infection.- How short is long enough for treatment of bone and joint infection?.- What’s new in diagnostic testing and treatment approaches for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in children?.- Pigs, poultry, and pandemic influenza: how zoonotic pathogens threaten human health.- Kingella kingae infections in children: an update.- Influenza pandemics.- Management of shunt related infections.- Nontuberculous lymphadenopathy in children: using the evidence to plan optimal management.- Pediatric brucellosis: an (almost) forgotten disease.- Q fever: still more queries than answers.- Rickettsioses in children: a clinical approach.- What is the evidence behind recommendations for infection control?.- What do we know about how to treat tuberculosis?.- Bacterial meningitis in childhood.- Mycobacterium marinum infection.