Provides a detailed summation of existing information on fetal and neonatal infections, ideal for all clinicians who encounter infections for which they need additional background and guidance on the best approach
Helps you form a definitive diagnosis and create optimal treatment plans using evidence-based recommendations and expert guidance from world authorities
Contains two new chapters on SARS-CoV-2 and Zika, plus thorough updates throughout the volume that incorporate new knowledge and current practice in this fast-changing field
Reorganizes existing chapters to provide more in-depth discussions on bacterial sepsis, meningitis, pneumocystis, and less common fungal infections
Covers all recent major advances in both biology and medicine that have contributed greatly to our understanding of infections that affect the fetus and newborn
Gives special attention to the prevention and treatment of diseases found in developing countries as well as the latest findings about new antimicrobial agents, Gram-negative infections and their management, and recommendations for immunizations in pregnancy
Uses a consistent, reader-friendly format that features a full-color design with hundreds of illustrations, photographs, diagrams radiographic images, and drawings
Includes sequelae of infections that affect older children and adults; infection in the adult is described whenever pertinent to recognition of infection during pregnancy, which may affect the developing fetus and newborn infant
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
SECTION I GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Current Concepts of Infections of the Fetus and Newborn Infant 2. Neonatal Infections: A Global Perspective 3. Obstetric Factors Associated With Infections of the Fetus and Newborn Infant 4. Developmental Immunology and Role of Host Defenses in Fetal and Neonatal Susceptibility to Infection 5. Human Milk
SECTION II BACTERIAL INFECTIONS 6. Neonatal Bacteremia and Sepsis 7. Meningitis 8. Bacterial Infections of the Respiratory Tract 9. Bacterial Infections of the Bones and Joints 10. Bacterial Infections of the Urinary Tract 11. Focal Bacterial Infections 12. Microorganisms Responsible for Neonatal Diarrhea 13. Group B Streptococcal Infections 14. Listeriosis 15. Staphylococcal Infections 16. Gonococcal Infections 17. Syphilis 18. Borrelia Infections: Lyme Disease and Relapsing Fever 19. Tuberculosis 20. Chlamydia Infections 21. Mycoplasmal Infections 22. Bordetella pertussis and Other Bordetella spp. Infections
SECTION III VIRAL INFECTIONS 23. Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in the Infant 24. Varicella, Measles, and Mumps 25. Cytomegalovirus 26. Enterovirus and Parechovirus Infections 27. Hepatitis 28. Herpes Simplex Virus Infections 29. Human Parvovirus 30. Rubella 31. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infections and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) 32. Less Common Viral Infections
SECTION IV PROTOZOAN, HELMINTH, AND FUNGAL INFECTIONS 33. Toxoplasmosis 34. Chagas Disease, Malaria, and Less Common Protozoan and Helminth Infections 35. Candidiasis 36. Pneumocystis 37. Less Common Fungal Infections
SECTION V DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT 38. Health Care–Associated Infections in the Nursery 39. Laboratory Aids for Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis 40. Clinical Pharmacology of Antiinfective Drugs 41. Prevention of Fetal and Early Life Infections Through Maternal-Neonatal Immunization 42. Zika Virus
Yvonne Maldonado, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity; Taube Endowed Professor of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Population Health; Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA, Victor Nizet, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Basic Research, Department of Pediatrics, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chief, Division of Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA, Elizabeth D. Barnett, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine; Chief, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Kathryn M. Edwards, MD, Professor of Pediatrics Emerita and Richard Malley, MD, Kenneth McIntosh Chair, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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