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Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

by Sarah S. Long, Charles G. Prober, Marc Fischer

5th Edition

Publisher: Elsevier Enhanced Digital Version

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Print ISBN9780323401814
eText ISBN9780323461337
PublisherElsevier Enhanced Digital Version
Publishing Year2018
Edition5th Edition
LanguageEnglish

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th Edition, is a comprehensive textbook examining infectious conditions across pediatric and adolescent populations. Global authorities supply practical guidance to assist clinicians in understanding, diagnosing, and managing childhood infections.

Core subject areas include public health principles, pediatric healthcare epidemiology, and prevention strategies such as active and passive immunization. The volume also addresses diverse clinical syndromes, from systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis to respiratory, cardiovascular, and lymphatic disorders.

To support efficient clinical use, the material is structured for look-up by clinical presentation, pathogen, or host category. Content delivery is enhanced by high-yield information boxes, highlighted key points, illustrations, and summary tables.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1: Principles of Epidemiology and Public Health

  2. Chapter 2: Pediatric Healthcare Epidemiology

  3. Chapter 3: Infections Associated with Group Childcare

  4. Chapter 4: Infectious Diseases in Refugee and Internationally Adopted Children

  5. Chapter 5: Passive Immunization

  6. Chapter 6: Active Immunization

  7. Chapter 7: Antimicrobial Chemoprophylaxis

  8. Chapter 8: Protection of Travelers

  9. Chapter 9: Immunologic Development and Susceptibility to Infection

  10. Chapter 10: Fever and the Inflammatory Response

  11. Chapter 11: The Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS), Sepsis, and Septic Shock

  12. Chapter 12: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Macrophage Activation Syndrome

  13. Chapter 13: Mucocutaneous Symptom Complexes

  14. Chapter 14: Fever without Localizing Signs

  15. Chapter 15: Prolonged, Recurrent, and Periodic Fever Syndromes

  16. Chapter 16: Lymphatic System and Generalized Lymphadenopathy

  17. Chapter 17: Cervical Lymphadenitis and Neck Infections

  18. Chapter 18: Mediastinal and Hilar Lymphadenopathy

  19. Chapter 19: Abdominal and Retroperitoneal Lymphadenopathy

  20. Chapter 20: Localized Lymphadenitis, Lymphadenopathy, and Lymphangitis

  21. Chapter 21: Respiratory Tract Symptom Complexes

  22. Chapter 22: Abdominal Symptom Complexes

  23. Chapter 23: Neurologic Symptom Complexes

  24. Chapter 24: Musculoskeletal Symptom Complexes

  25. Chapter 25: Infections of the Oral Cavity

  26. Chapter 26: The Common Cold

  27. Chapter 27: Pharyngitis

  28. Chapter 28: Infections Related to the Upper and Middle Airways

  29. Chapter 29: Otitis Media

  30. Chapter 30: Otitis Externa and Necrotizing Otitis Externa

  31. Chapter 31: Mastoiditis

  32. Chapter 32: Sinusitis

  33. Chapter 33: Bronchiolitis

  34. Chapter 34: Acute Pneumonia and its Complications

  35. Chapter 35: Persistent and Recurrent Pneumonia

  36. Chapter 36: Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised Host

  37. Chapter 37: Endocarditis and Other Intravascular Infections

  38. Chapter 38: Myocarditis

  39. Chapter 39: Pericarditis

  40. Chapter 40: Acute Bacterial Meningitis beyond the Neonatal Period

  41. Chapter 41: Chronic Meningitis

  42. Chapter 42: Recurrent Meningitis

  43. Chapter 43: Aseptic and Viral Meningitis

  44. Chapter 44: Encephalitis

  45. Chapter 45: Para- and Postinfectious Neurologic Syndromes

  46. Chapter 46: Focal Suppurative Infections of the Nervous System

  47. Chapter 47: Eosinophilic Meningitis

  48. Chapter 48: Urinary Tract Infections, Renal Abcess, and Other Complex Renal Infections

  49. Chapter 49: Sexually Transmitted Infection Syndromes

  50. Chapter 50: Skin and Mucous Membrane Infections and Inguinal Lymphadenopathy

  51. Chapter 51: Urethritis, Vulvovaginitis, and Cervicitis

  52. Chapter 52: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

  53. Chapter 53: Epididymitis, Orchitis, and Prostatitis

  54. Chapter 54: Infectious Diseases in Child Abuse

  55. Chapter 55: Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Gastrointestinal Tract Infections

  56. Chapter 56: Viral Gastroenteritis

  57. Chapter 57: Inflammatory Enteritis

  58. Chapter 58: Necrotizing Enterocolitis

  59. Chapter 59: Enteric Diseases Transmitted Through Food, Water, and Zoonotic Exposures

  60. Chapter 60: Acute Hepatitis

  61. Chapter 61: Chronic Hepatitis

  62. Chapter 62: Granulomatious Hepatitis

  63. Chapter 63: Acute Pancreatitis

  64. Chapter 64: Cholecystitis and Cholangitis

  65. Chapter 65: Peritonitis

  66. Chapter 66: Appendicitis

  67. Chapter 67: Intra-Abdominal, Visceral, and Retroperitoneal Abscesses

  68. Chapter 68: Superficial Bacterial Skin Infections and Cellulitis

  69. Chapter 69: Erythematous Macules and Papules

  70. Chapter 70: Vesicles and Bullae

  71. Chapter 71: Purpura

  72. Chapter 72: Urticaria and Erythema Multiforme

  73. Chapter 73: Papules, Nodules and Ulcers

  74. Chapter 74: Subcutaneous Tissue Infections and Abscesses

  75. Chapter 75: Myositis, Pyomyositis, and Necrotizing Fasciitis

  76. Chapter 76: Osteomyelitis

  77. Chapter 77: Infectious and Inflammatory Arthritis

  78. Chapter 78: Diskitis

  79. Chapter 79: Transient Synovitis

  80. Chapter 80: Conjunctivitis in the Neonatal Period (Ophthalmia Neonatorum)

  81. Chapter 81: Conjunctivitis beyond the Neonatal Period

  82. Chapter 82: Infective Keratitis

  83. Chapter 83: Infective Uveitis, Retinitis, and Chorioretinitis

  84. Chapter 84: Endophthalmitis

  85. Chapter 85: Preseptal and Orbital Infections

  86. Chapter 86: Infection following Trauma

  87. Chapter 87: Infection following Burns

  88. Chapter 88: Infection following Bites

  89. Chapter 89: Infections Related to Pets and Exotic Animals

  90. Chapter 90: Tickborne Infections

  91. Chapter 91: Clinical Approach to the Infected Neonate

  92. Chapter 92: Bacterial Infections in the Neonate

  93. Chapter 93: Viral Infections in the Fetus and Neonate

  94. Chapter 94: Hospital-Associated Infections in the Neonate

  95. Chapter 95: Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

  96. Chapter 96: Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

  97. Chapter 97: Fever and Granulocytopenia

  98. Chapter 98: Infections in Children with Cancer

  99. Chapter 99: Healthcare-Associated Infections

  100. Chapter 100: Clinical Syndromes of Device-Associated Infections

  101. Chapter 101: Evaluation of the Child with Suspected Immunodeficiency

  102. Chapter 102: Infectious Complications of Antibody Deficiency

  103. Chapter 103: Complement in Control of Infectious Agents

  104. Chapter 104: Infectious Complications of Dysfunction or Deficiency of Polymorphonuclear and Mononuclear Phagocytes

  105. Chapter 105: Infectious Complications of Cell-Mediated Immunity Other than AIDS: Primary Immunodeficiencies

  106. Chapter 106: Infectious Complications in Special Hosts

  107. Chapter 107: Infections Related to Biologic Modifier Therapy

  108. Chapter 108: Infectious Complications of Corticosteroid Therapy

  109. Chapter 109: Epidemiology and Prevention of HIV Infection in Children and Adolescents

  110. Chapter 110: Immunopathogenesis of HIV-1 Infection

  111. Chapter 111: Diagnosis and Clinical Manifestations of HIV Infection

  112. Chapter 112: Infectious Complications of HIV Infection

  113. Chapter 113: Management of HIV Infection

  114. Chapter 114: Classification of Bacteria

  115. Chapter 115: _Staphylococcus aureus_

  116. Chapter 116: _Staphylococcus epidermidis_ and Other Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

  117. Chapter 117: Classification of Streptococci

  118. Chapter 118: _Streptococcus pyogenes_ (Group A _Streptococcus_)

  119. Chapter 119: _Streptococcus agalactiae_ (Group B _Streptococcus_)

  120. Chapter 120: _Enterococcus_ Species

  121. Chapter 121: Viridans Streptococci, _Abiotrophia_ and _Granulicatella_ Species, and _Streptococcus bovis_ Group

  122. Chapter 122: Groups C and G Streptococci

  123. Chapter 123: Streptococcus pneumoniae

  124. Chapter 124: Other Gram-Positive, Catalase-Negative Cocci: Leuconostoc and Pediococcus Species

  125. Chapter 125: _Neisseria meningitidis_

  126. Chapter 126: _Neisseria gonorrhoeae_

  127. Chapter 127: Other _Neisseria_ Species

  128. Chapter 128: _Arcanobacterium haemolyticum_

  129. Chapter 129: _Bacillus_ Species (Anthrax)

  130. Chapter 130: _Corynebacterium diphtheriae_

  131. Chapter 131: Other Corynebacteria

  132. Chapter 132: _Listeria monocytogenes_

  133. Chapter 133: Other Gram-Positive Bacilli

  134. Chapter 134: Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  135. Chapter 135: Mycobacterium Species Non-tuberculosis

  136. Chapter 136: Nocardia Species

  137. Chapter 137: _Escherichia coli_

  138. Chapter 138: _Klebsiella_ and _Raoultella_ Species

  139. Chapter 139: _Klebsiella (Calymmatobacterium) granulomatis_ (Granuloma Inguinale)

  140. Chapter 140: _Enterobacter, Cronobacter,_ and _Pantoea_ Species

  141. Chapter 141: _Citrobacter_ Species

  142. Chapter 142: Less Commonly Encountered Enterobacteriaceae

  143. Chapter 143: _Plesiomonas shigelloides_

  144. Chapter 144: _Proteus, Providencia,_ and _Morganella_ Species

  145. Chapter 145: _Serratia_ Species

  146. Chapter 146: _Salmonella_ Species

  147. Chapter 147: _Shigella_ Species

  148. Chapter 148: Yersinia Species

  149. Chapter 149: _Acinetobacter_ Species

  150. Chapter 150: _Aeromonas_ Species

  151. Chapter 151: Less Commonly Encountered Nonenteric Gram-Negative Bacilli

  152. Chapter 152: _Eikenella, Pasteurella,_ and _Chromobacterium_ Species

  153. Chapter 153: _Moraxella_ Species

  154. Chapter 154: _Pseudomonas_ Species and Related Organisms

  155. Chapter 155: _Pseudomonas aeruginosa_

  156. Chapter 156: _Burkholderia cepacia_ Complex and Other _Burkholderia_ Species

  157. Chapter 157: _Stenotrophomonas maltophilia_

  158. Chapter 158: _Vibrio cholerae_ (Cholera)

  159. Chapter 159: Other Vibrio Species

  160. Chapter 160: _Bartonella_ Species (Cat-Scratch Disease)

  161. Chapter 161: _Brucella_ Species (Brucellosis)

  162. Chapter 162: _Bordetella pertussis_ (Pertussis) and Other _Bordetella_ Species

  163. Chapter 163: _Campylobacter jejuni_ and _Campylobacter coli_

  164. Chapter 164: Other _Campylobacter_ Species

  165. Chapter 165: _Capnocytophaga_ Species

  166. Chapter 166: _Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumoniae_

  167. Chapter 167: _Chlamydia trachomatis_

  168. Chapter 168: _Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) psittaci_ (Psittacosis)

  169. Chapter 169: _Coxiella burnetii_ (Q Fever)

  170. Chapter 170: _Ehrlichia_, _Anaplasma,_ and other members of the Family Anaplasmataceae

  171. Chapter 171: _Francisella tularensis_ (Tularemia)

  172. Chapter 172: _Haemophilus influenzae_

  173. Chapter 173: Other _Haemophilus_ Species and _Aggregatibacter_ Species

  174. Chapter 174: _Helicobacter pylori_

  175. Chapter 175: Other Gastric and Enterohepatic _Helicobacter_ Species

  176. Chapter 176: _Kingella_ Species

  177. Chapter 177: _Legionella_ Species

  178. Chapter 178: _Rickettsia rickettsii_ (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)

  179. Chapter 179: Other _Rickettsia_ Species

  180. Chapter 180: _Streptobacillus moniliformis_ (Rat-Bite Fever)

  181. Chapter 181: Other Gram-Negative Coccobacilli

  182. Chapter 182: _Treponema pallidum_ (Syphilis)

  183. Chapter 183: Other _Treponema_ Species

  184. Chapter 184: _Leptospira_ Species (Leptospirosis)

  185. Chapter 185: _Borrelia burgdorferi_ (Lyme Disease)

  186. Chapter 186: Other _Borrelia_ Species and _Spirillum minus_

  187. Chapter 187: Anaerobic Bacteria: Classification, Normal Flora, and Clinical Concepts

  188. Chapter 188: _Clostridium tetani_ (Tetanus)

  189. Chapter 189: _Clostridium botulinum_ (Botulism)

  190. Chapter 190: _Clostridium difficile_

  191. Chapter 191: Other _Clostridium_ Species

  192. Chapter 192: _Bacteroides_ and _Prevotella_ Species and Other Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacilli

  193. Chapter 193: Fusobacterium Species

  194. Chapter 194: Anaerobic Cocci

  195. Chapter 195: Anaerobic Gram-Positive Nonsporulating Bacilli (including Actinomycosis)

  196. Chapter 196: _Mycoplasma pneumoniae_

  197. Chapter 197: Other _Mycoplasma_ Species

  198. Chapter 198: _Ureaplasma urealyticum_

  199. Chapter 199: Kawasaki Disease

  200. Chapter 200: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  201. Chapter 201: Classification of Human Viruses

  202. Chapter 202: Poxviridae

  203. Chapter 203: Introduction to Herpesviridae

  204. Chapter 204: Herpes Simplex Virus

  205. Chapter 205: Varicella-Zoster Virus

  206. Chapter 206: Cytomegalovirus

  207. Chapter 207: Human Herpesviruses 6 and 7 (Roseola, Exanthem Subitum)

  208. Chapter 208: Epstein–Barr Virus (Mononucleosis and Lymphoproliferative Disorders)

  209. Chapter 209: Human Herpesvirus 8 (Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus)

  210. Chapter 210: Adenoviruses

  211. Chapter 211: Human Papillomaviruses

  212. Chapter 212: BK, JC, and Other Human Polyomaviruses

  213. Chapter 213: Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D Viruses

  214. Chapter 214: Human Parvoviruses

  215. Chapter 215: Coltivirus (Colorado Tick Fever)

  216. Chapter 216: Rotaviruses

  217. Chapter 217: Togaviridae: Alphaviruses

  218. Chapter 218: Flaviviruses

  219. Chapter 219: Bunyaviruses

  220. Chapter 220: Hepatitis C Virus

  221. Chapter 221: Rubella Virus

  222. Chapter 222: Human Coronaviruses

  223. Chapter 223: Parainfluenza Viruses

  224. Chapter 224: Mumps Virus

  225. Chapter 225: Respiratory Syncytial Virus

  226. Chapter 226: Human Metapneumovirus

  227. Chapter 227: Rubeola Virus (Measles and Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis)

  228. Chapter 228: Rabies Virus

  229. Chapter 229: Influenza Viruses

  230. Chapter 230: Filoviruses and Arenaviruses

  231. Chapter 231: Introduction to Retroviridae

  232. Chapter 232: Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Viruses

  233. Chapter 233: Human Immunodeficiency Virus

  234. Chapter 234: Introduction to Picornaviridae

  235. Chapter 235: Polioviruses

  236. Chapter 236: Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses

  237. Chapter 237: Hepatitis A Virus

  238. Chapter 238: Rhinoviruses

  239. Chapter 239: Caliciviruses

  240. Chapter 240: Astroviruses

  241. Chapter 241: Hepatitis E Virus

  242. Chapter 242: Classification of Fungi

  243. Chapter 243: _Candida_ Species

  244. Chapter 244: _Aspergillus_ Species

  245. Chapter 245: Agents of Hyalohyphomycosis and Phaeohyphomycosis

  246. Chapter 246: Agents of Mucormycosis

  247. Chapter 247: _Malassezia_ Species

  248. Chapter 248: _Sporothrix schenckii_ complex (Sporotrichosis)

  249. Chapter 249: _Cryptococcus_ Species

  250. Chapter 250: _Histoplasma capsulatum_ (Histoplasmosis)

  251. Chapter 251: _Pneumocystis jirovecii_

  252. Chapter 252: _Blastomyces dermatitidis_ (Blastomycosis)

  253. Chapter 253: _Coccidioides immitis_ and _Coccidioides posadasii_ (Coccidioidomycosis)

  254. Chapter 254: Dermatophytes and Other Superficial Fungi

  255. Chapter 255: Agents of Eumycotic Mycetoma: _Pseudallescheria boydii_ (Anamorph _Scedosporium apiospermum_)

  256. Chapter 256: Classification of Parasites

  257. Chapter 257: Ectoparasites (Lice and Scabies)

  258. Chapter 258: _Babesia_ Species (Babesiosis)

  259. Chapter 259: _Balantioides coli_ (formerly _Balantidium coli_)

  260. Chapter 260: _Blastocystis_

  261. Chapter 261: _Cryptosporidium_ Species

  262. Chapter 262: _Endolimax nana_

  263. Chapter 263: _Entamoeba histolytica_ (Amebiasis)

  264. Chapter 264: Other Entamoeba, Amebas, and Intestinal Flagellates

  265. Chapter 265: _Giardia intestinalis_ (Giardiasis)

  266. Chapter 266: _Isospora_ and _Cyclospora_ Species

  267. Chapter 267: _Leishmania_ Species (Leishmaniasis)

  268. Chapter 268: Microsporidia

  269. Chapter 269: Naegleria fowleri

  270. Chapter 270: _Acanthamoeba_ Species

  271. Chapter 271: _Plasmodium_ Species (Malaria)

  272. Chapter 272: _Sarcocystis_ Species

  273. Chapter 273: _Toxoplasma gondii_ (Toxoplasmosis)

  274. Chapter 274: _Trichomonas vaginalis_

  275. Chapter 275: _Trypanosoma_ Species (Trypanosomiasis)

  276. Chapter 276: Intestinal Nematodes

  277. Chapter 277: Tissue Nematodes

  278. Chapter 278: Blood and Tissue Nematodes (Filarial Worms)

  279. Chapter 279: _Diphyllobothrium, Dipylidium_, and _Hymenolepis_ Species

  280. Chapter 280: _Taenia solium, Taenia asiatica, and Taenia saginata_ (Taeniasis and Cysticercosis)

  281. Chapter 281: _Echinococcus_ Species (Agents of Echinococcosis)

  282. Chapter 282: _Taenia (Multiceps) multiceps_ and _Taenia serialis_ (Coenurosis)

  283. Chapter 283: Intestinal Trematodes

  284. Chapter 284: _Clonorchis_, _Opisthorchis_, _Fasciola_, and _Paragonimus_ Species

  285. Chapter 285: Blood Trematodes (Schistosomiasis)

  286. Chapter 286: Laboratory Diagnosis of Infection due to BACTERIA, FUNGI, PARASITES, AND RICKETTSIAE

  287. Chapter 287: Laboratory Diagnosis of Infection Due to Viruses, _Chlamydia, Chlamydophila,_ and _Mycoplasma_

  288. Chapter 288: Laboratory Manifestations of Infectious Diseases

  289. Chapter 289: Principles of Anti-Infective Therapy

  290. Chapter 290: Mechanisms and Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance

  291. Chapter 291: Pharmacokinetic–Pharmacodynamic Basis of Optimal Antibiotic Therapy

  292. Chapter 292: Antimicrobial Agents

  293. Chapter 293: Antifungal Agents

  294. Chapter 294: Topical Antimicrobial Agents

  295. Chapter 295: Antiviral Agents

  296. Chapter 296: Antiparasitic Agents

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