Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Principles and Practice [Hardcover]

Hal B. Jenson (Author), Robert S. Baltimore (Editor)

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Publication Date: January 15, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0838524745 | ISBN-13: 978-0838524749 | Edition: 1st

This comprehensive reference covers the current evaluation and management of peadiatric infectious diseases. Written by recognized paediatric infectious disease specialists, 104 chapters address each infectious disease with relation to epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention. Topics on current diagnostic techniques, host defences and immune function, immunizations, hospital-acquired infections, and infections in day care environments are also discussed.

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Key Benefit: This comprehensive reference covers the current evaluation and management of pediatric infectious diseases. Written by recognized pediatric infectious disease specialists, 104 chapters address each infectious disease with relation to epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention. Key Topics: Current diagnostic techniques, host defenses and immune function, immunizations, hospital-acquired infections, and infections in day care environment are also discussed. Market: Pediatrics - clinical.

About the Author

Hal B. Jenson, MD (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; University Hospital and Santa Rosa Children's Hospital, San Antonio) Robert S. Baltimore, MD (Yale University School of Medicine; Children's Hospital at Yale-New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1593 pages
• Publisher: Appleton & Lange; 1st edition (January 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0838524745
• ISBN-13: 978-0838524749
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.5 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,703,716 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pediatric infectious diseases, February 24, 2002

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This review is from: Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Principles and Practice (Hardcover)

This is a very impressive book on infectious diseases in childhood and adolescence for both specialists in pediatrics, infectious disease and family medicine. It is edited by Hal B Jenson from the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Robert S Baltimore from the Yale University School of Medicine and the departments of Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Public Health.
The editors have gathered 71 contributors from the field of pediatrics, infectious disease, microbiology, immunology, dermatology and internal medicine. Most from the United States with one contribution from Canada and one from Jamaica.
This textbook is extensive with 106 chapters and a useful index with each chapter well edited and devided into classical sections of etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, symptoms and clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, complications, prevention and references.
We have looked at many chapters and found useful information in a clear and straightforward language. One question we especially looked for was when to give a hepatitis B booster, but this is still left unanswered.
This is an important book that should be found at every pediatric department library, on the desk of the consultant in infectious disease and also important for the adult specialist in infectious diseases serving the pediatric population.