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Paediatric Infectious Diseases

A practical guide and cases

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Editors:
  1. Yhu-Chering Huang

    1. Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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  2. Ping-Ing Lee

    1. Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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  3. Po-Yen Chen

    1. Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan

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  • A useful reference for pediatric infectious disease management
  • Presents detailed approach to disease recognition and clinical decision-making
  • Written by experts with wealth of clinical experiences

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Table of contents (50 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  3. Central Nervous System Infection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Case 4. A 6-Year-Old Boy with Fever for 10 Days and Lethargy: Tuberculous Meningitis

      • Ming-Han Tsai, Yhu-Chering Huang
      Pages 19-23

    3. Case 5. A 2-Year-Old Girl with Fever, Lethargy, and Bilious Vomiting and Petechiae and Purpura: Meningococcal Meningitis and Sepsis

      • Chien-Yu Lin, Yhu-Chering Huang
      Pages 25-28

    4. Case 6. A 2-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease, and Myoclonic Jerk: Enterovirus A71 Infection

      • Kuan-Ying A. Huang
      Pages 29-32

    5. Case 7. A 15-Year-Old Adolescent with Right Upper Limb Weakness Following Upper Respiratory Infection: Acute Flaccid Myelitis Caused by Enterovirus D68

      • Jainn-Jim Lin, Wing-Lung Cheng
      Pages 33-36

    6. Case 8. A 7-Year-Old Girl with Acute Onset of Hallucinations and Unsteady Gait: Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood

      • Jainn-Jim Lin
      Pages 37-41

    7. Case 9. A 5-Year-Old Girl with Acute Onset of Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures for Ten Minutes: Mycoplasma Pneumoniae-Associated Encephalitis

      • Jainn-Jim Lin
      Pages 43-47

    8. Case 10. A 1-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Progressive Consciousness Change, and Seizure: Eosinophilic Meningoencephalitis

      • Hao-Ting Hsu, Po-Yen Chen
      Pages 49-52

  4. Respiratory Tract Infection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Case 11. A 14-Year-Old Boy with Nasal Congestion and Cough for Days Followed by a Tender Bulging Mass on the Forehead: Acute Bacterial Sinusitis and Associated Complications

      • Yi-Ching Chen, Yhu-Chering Huang
      Pages 55-59

    3. Case 12. A 1-Year-3-Month-Old Boy with Cough, Rhinorrhea, Bilateral Eye Discharge, Fever, and Ear Discharge: Mastoiditis and Conjunctivitis-Otitis Media Syndrome

      • Ping-Ing Lee
      Pages 61-64

    4. Case 13. A 3-Year-9-Month-Old Girl with Painful Swelling Over Left Face for 1 Week: Acute Parotitis

      • Chih-Ho Chen
      Pages 65-67

    5. Case 14. A 5-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Sore Throat, Odynophagia, and Torticollis: Deep Neck Infection

      • Ming-Ru Lin, Yhu-Chering Huang
      Pages 69-72

    6. Case 15. A 5-Year-Old Boy with Fever and a Painful Enlarging Erythematous Left Neck Mass: Pyriform Sinus Fistula with Infection

      • Kuan-Ta Ho, Yhu-Chering Huang
      Pages 73-76

    7. Case 16. A One-Month-Old Infant with Episodic Upward Gaze and Cyanotic Lips in 1 Day Following a 2-Day Cough: Pertussis with Encephalopathy

      • Chun Yi Lee, Yhu-Chering Huang
      Pages 77-80
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About this book

"This book aims to provide readers updated information on diagnosis and management of infectious diseases in children, especially those prevailing in Asian countries.  Each chapter presents with one to two typical clinical cases first and then introduces the epidemiology, and the pearls of clinical skills in diagnosis and treatment of most frequent infectious pediatric diseases occurred in respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system, bone/joint, skin and soft tissue . Infectious diseases in neonates, vaccine-associated adverse effects, and specific syndromes prevailing in Asian countries are also discussed with details. Written by experts in the field, this case-based book will be a useful reference for infectious disease researchers and paediatricians, as well as those who are interested in related field." 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Yhu-Chering Huang

  • Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ping-Ing Lee

  • Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan

    Po-Yen Chen

About the editors

Yhu-Chering Huang is a Professor at the Department of Paediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. He is also the Director of Infectious Disease Society of Taiwan. Dr. Ping-Ing Lee is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Po-Yen Chen is a Chief at the Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Paediatric Infectious Diseases

  • Book Subtitle: A practical guide and cases

  • Editors: Yhu-Chering Huang, Ping-Ing Lee, Po-Yen Chen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7276-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-7275-1Published: 16 February 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-7278-2Published: 17 February 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-7276-8Published: 15 February 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 262

  • Number of Illustrations: 60 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pediatrics

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