DESCRIPTION:
New third edition of the best-selling resource aids in the diagnosis and treatment of more than 100 of the most commonly seen pediatric infectious diseases.
Streamline disease recognition and clinical decision-making with more than 1,300 finely detailed color images adjacent to step-by-step guidelines.
Three new chapters added covering fungal diseases, hemorrhagic fevers (filoviruses), and trichuriasis.
Includes more than 1,200 full-color images!
Concise text descriptions step through diagnosis, evaluation, and management essentials for each condition.
- Clinical manifestations
- Epidemiology
- Diagnostic tests
- Etiology
- Incubation period
- Treatment
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
- Plus much more...
