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Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children V

  • Based on the course Infection and Immunity in Children 2007 held at St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK
  • Fifth in the series, various aspects of paediatric infectious diseases written by the leading authorities in the field

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

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. How Can We Eradicate Pertussis

    • James D. Cherry
    Pages 41-51
  3. New Findings in Primary Immunodeficiency

    • Andrew R. Gennery, Andrew J. Cant
    Pages 79-93
  4. Routine Use of Influenza Vaccine

    • David Isaacs
    Pages 95-110
  5. Childhood Intra-thoracic Tuberculosis

    • Ben J. Marais
    Pages 129-146
  6. The Antibiotic Pipeline in Pediatrics

    • George H. McCracken
    Pages 147-151
  7. Paediatric Drug Development and Clinical Trials

    • E. David G. McIntosh
    Pages 153-159
  8. Influenza in Pregnancy: The Case for Prevention

    • Shelly McNeil, Beth Halperin, Noni MacDonald
    Pages 161-183
  9. Febrile Neutropenia in Children with Cancer

    • Stéphane Paulus, Simon Dobson
    Pages 185-204
  10. The PANDAS Syndrome

    • Michael E. Pichichero
    Pages 205-216
  11. Fever in the Returned Paediatric Traveller

    • F. Andrew I. Riordan
    Pages 217-230
  12. 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

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Child Life and Health, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Adam Finn

  • Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville , Australia

    Nigel Curtis

  • University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Andrew J. Pollard

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

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79838-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-79837-0Published: 02 December 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2728-6Published: 06 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-79838-7Published: 25 September 2009

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 266

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pediatrics, Immunology, Virology, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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