Red Book Atlas of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1610023501 ISBN 13: 9781610023504

Verlag: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

The fourth edition of this best-selling Red Book® image companion aids in the diagnosis and treatment of more than 160 of the most commonly seen pediatric infectious diseases. This edition features Zika virus, chikungunya, serious bacterial infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae, Moraxella catarrhalis, human parechovirus, rhinovirus, staphylococcal food poisoning, Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococcal infections, Ureaplasma urealyticum, and Ureaplasma parvum.
 
Streamline disease recognition and clinical decision-making with hundreds of finely detailed color images, combined with updated step-by-step guidelines.
 
Concise text descriptions walk the reader through the 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
• Bartonella henselae (Cat-Scratch Disease)
• Candidiasis
• Cystosporiasis (formerly Isosporiasis)
• Diphtheria
• Epstein-Barr Virus Infections (Infectious Mononucleosis)
• Giardia intestinalis Infections (Giardiasis)
• Human Herpesvirus 6 (including Roseola) and 7
• Lyme Disease (Lyme borreliosis, Borrelia burgdorferi Infection)
• Meningococcal Infections
• Nocardiosis
• Onchocerciasis (River Blindness, Filariasis)
• Human Papillomaviruses
• Pediculosis Capitis (Head Lice)
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Pneumococcal Infections
• Rabies
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
• Salmonella Infections
• Shigella Infections
• Group A Streptococcal Infections
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Syphilis
• Tinea Corporis (Ringworm of the Body)
• Trichinellosis (Trichinella spiralis)
• Tuberculosis
• Endemic Typhus (Flea-borne Typhus or Murine Typhus)
• West Nile Virus
• Zika virus

Plus much more...
 
 

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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP is the largest pediatric publisher in the world, with a diverse list of resources that includes essential clinical and practice management titles and award-winning books for parents.

Carol J. Baker, MD, FAAP, is executive director of the Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research at Texas Children’s Hospital and professor of pediatrics and of molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. She also serves as chair of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Dr Baker received her undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. She trained in pediatrics at Baylor and was an infectious diseases fellow both at Baylor and Harvard Medical School.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1610023501
• ISBN 13: 9781610023504
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 886
• Herausgeber: Baker Carol J. M.D.
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