Product Description

This is an updated, enlarged new edition of medicine's most respected, bestselling handbook of pediatric infectious diseases by the field's leading authority. It contains new chapters on immunizations and prophylactic antimicrobial therapy, including the latest additions to the armamentarium of agents now approved for use in children. Another new chapter covers travel medicine for adults and children, including advice for missionaries and their families. Dr. Steele has added new information on dosage adjustments for neonates based on recent pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data and has updated and detailed the many new classes of antiviral agents and the chapter on AIDS in children.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2688785 in Books
• Published on: 2000-12-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

Review
..."The editor is a well-recognized authority in the field...Broad categories of pediatric infectious diseases from laboratory diagnosis to infections by system and antimicrobial therapy are covered satisfactorily. The text is clear and succinct. Its strength lies in the management protocols and tables (differential diagnosis, etc)..." -Robert J. Leggiadro, MD (St. Vincent's Staten Island)

From the Back Cover
Written by the field's leading authority. One of medicine's most respected, bestselling references. Others books may make these claims, but The Clinical Handbook of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Second Edition truly is all that and more. Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition provides detailed information across the broad spectrum of pediatric infectious disease. Keeping its emphasis on quick diagnosis and treatment, the book presents most of the data in tabular or protocol form for easy access.