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Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children V

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Editors:
  1. Adam Finn

    1. Institute of Child Life and Health, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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  2. Nigel Curtis

    1. Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville , Australia

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  3. Andrew J. Pollard

    1. University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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  • 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
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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

  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

  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
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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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