Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children, 11e (Infectious Diseases of Children ( Krugman's)) [Hardcover]

Anne Gershon (Author), Peter Hotez (Author), Samuel Katz (Author)

Book Description

Series: Infectious Diseases of Children ( Krugman's) | Publication Date: September 18, 2003

This classic text delivers comprehensive, yet concise coverage of childhood exanthems and other infections, offering practical options for their management and treatment. Thoroughly cross-referenced chapters and a wealth of helpful tables, diagrams, charts, photographs, and color plates speed readers to a diagnosis. Chapters cover history, management, and treatment of the major infections affecting children worldwide, including emerging and re-emerging diseases in developing countries (such as malaria and dengue).

Reflects the most recent developments in the field with...

• New chapters on fungal infections, eye infections, cholera, dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, malaria, and helminthic infections.
• An updated smallpox/vaccinia chapter with information on bioterrorism and the initiation of smallpox vaccination programs.
• An expanded discussion of pseudomonas infections in the cystic fibrosis chapter.
• Discussions of the newer hepatitis viruses.

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About the Author

Anne A. Gershon, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, Professor of Global Health, Epidemiology, International Affairs and Human Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; and Samuel Katz, MD, Wilbert C. Davison Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina

Product Details

• Hardcover: 822 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 11 edition (September 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323017568
• ISBN-13: 978-0323017565
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 7.5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,386,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)