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Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children V

  • Adam Finn
  • Nigel Curtis
  • Andrew J. Pollard
Book

Part of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology book series (AEMB, volume 634)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Shiga-Toxin Producing Escherichia coli and the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: What Have We Learned in the Past 25 Years?
    Christina K. Ahn, Nicholas J. Holt, Phillip I. Tarr
    Pages 1-17
  3. Global Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Disease—New Prospects for Vaccine Control
    Vinicius C. Antao, William P. Hausdorff
    Pages 19-29
  4. Current Concepts of the Pathogenesis of RSV Bronchiolitis
    Louis Bont
    Pages 31-40
  5. How Can We Eradicate Pertussis
    James D. Cherry
    Pages 41-51
  6. Recognition and Management of Encephalitis in Children
    James D. Cherry
    Pages 53-60
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  7. Microbiology and Management of Pleural Empyema
    Julia Clark
    Pages 61-68
  8. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Probe Studies: The Solution Points to the Problem
    Ron Dagan
    Pages 69-77
  9. New Findings in Primary Immunodeficiency
    Andrew R. Gennery, Andrew J. Cant
    Pages 79-93
  10. Routine Use of Influenza Vaccine
    David Isaacs
    Pages 95-110
  11. Challenges in the Evaluation and Management of Bone and Joint Infections and the Role of New Antibiotics for Gram Positive Infections
    Sheldon L. Kaplan
    Pages 111-120
  12. The Significance of Serotype Replacement for Pneumococcal Disease and Antibiotic Resistance
    Keith P. Klugman
    Pages 121-128
  13. Childhood Intra-thoracic Tuberculosis
    Ben J. Marais
    Pages 129-146
  14. The Antibiotic Pipeline in Pediatrics
    George H. McCracken
    Pages 147-151
  15. Paediatric Drug Development and Clinical Trials
    E. David G. McIntosh
    Pages 153-159
  16. Influenza in Pregnancy: The Case for Prevention
    Shelly McNeil, Beth Halperin, Noni MacDonald
    Pages 161-183
  17. Febrile Neutropenia in Children with Cancer
    Stéphane Paulus, Simon Dobson
    Pages 185-204
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  18. The PANDAS Syndrome
    Michael E. Pichichero
    Pages 205-216
  19. Fever in the Returned Paediatric Traveller
    F. Andrew I. Riordan
    Pages 217-230
  20. Molecular Diagnostics of Primary Immunodeficiencies: Benefits and Future Challenges
    Mirjam van der Burg, Menno C. Van Zelm, Jacques J.M. Van Dongen
    Pages 231-241
  21. Human Genetic Resistance to Malaria
    Thomas N. Williams
    Pages 243-253
  22. Back Matter
    Pages 255-264
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About this book

Introduction

Course covers topics in infectious diseases in children and is intended for Pediatric Infectious disease trainees, trainers, and all those who manage children with infections.

This conference is being supported by several societies and is sponsored by several pharmaceutical companies, such as Aventis, Baxter, Chiron Vaccines, Wyeth, etc.

Keywords

Malaria antibiotics infection infections infectious infectious disease infectious diseases vaccine

Editors and affiliations

  • Adam Finn
    • 1
  • Nigel Curtis
    • 2
  • Andrew J. Pollard
    • 3
  1. 1.Institute of Child Life and HealthUniversity of BristolBristolUnited Kingdom
  2. 2.Royal Children's HospitalUniversity of MelbourneParkville Australia
  3. 3.University of OxfordOxfordUnited Kingdom

Bibliographic information

  • Book Title Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children V
  • Editors Adam Finn
    Nigel Curtis
    Andrew J. Pollard
  • Series Title Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
  • Series Abbreviated Title Advs Exp.Medicine,Biology
  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79838-7
  • Copyright Information Springer-Verlag New York 2009
  • Publisher Name Springer, New York, NY
  • eBook Packages Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
  • Hardcover ISBN 978-0-387-79837-0
  • Softcover ISBN 978-1-4419-2728-6
  • eBook ISBN 978-0-387-79838-7
  • Series ISSN 0065-2598
  • Edition Number 1
  • Number of Pages XIV, 266
  • Number of Illustrations 38 b/w illustrations, 0 illustrations in colour
  • Topics Pediatrics
    Immunology
    Virology
    Microbiology
    Infectious Diseases
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