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Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Andrew J. Pollard

    1. Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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  2. George H. McCracken

    1. Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas, Dallas, USA

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  3. Adam Finn

    1. University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 549)

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Table of contents (31 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Of Vaccination and Infectious Diseases in 2003

    • Stanley A. Plotkin
    Pages 1-4

  3. New Antibiotics and Bacterial Resistance

    • Sheldon L. Kaplan
    Pages 5-8

  4. New Antivirals and Antiviral Resistance

    • Charles G. Prober
    Pages 9-12

  5. Mucosal Immunity to Infections and its Importance in Future Vaccinology

    • Michel Lajeunesse, Qibo Zhang, Adam Finn
    Pages 13-22

  6. Dynamics of Bacterial Carriage and Disease: Lessons from the Meningococcus

    • Martin C. J. Maiden
    Pages 23-29

  7. Current Management of Bacterial Meningitis

    • George H. McCracken Jr.
    Pages 31-33

  8. Congenital Syphilis Resurgent

    • Simon Dobson
    Pages 35-40

  9. Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media in the Era of Antibiotic Resistance—What are the Choices?

    • Ron Dagan
    Pages 41-45

  10. Bone and Joint Infections in Children

    • Sophie Hambleton, Anthony R. Berendt
    Pages 47-62

  11. Sepsis Syndrome in Children: Can We Do Better?

    • Marieke Emonts, Ronald de Groot
    Pages 63-70

  12. Prevention of Enteric Diseases

    • Ina Stephens, James P. Nataro
    Pages 71-82

  13. Viral Hepatitis in Children

    • Deirdre Kelly
    Pages 83-90

  14. Controversies in Neonatal Infection

    • M. L. A. May, David Isaacs
    Pages 91-96

  15. Bacterial and Fungal Infections in the Neonate: Current Diagnosis and Therapy

    • Pablo J. Sánchez
    Pages 97-103

  16. Pertussis is Back and Now What?

    • Nicole Guiso
    Pages 105-108

  17. The Immunocompromised Host: The Patient with Recurrent Infection

    • Andrew R. Gennery, Andrew J. Cant
    Pages 109-117

  18. Febrile Neutropenia: Past, Present and Future

    • Olaf Neth, Nigel Klein
    Pages 119-124

  19. Malaria

    • Kathryn Maitland, Malcolm Molyneux
    Pages 125-134

  20. HIV-1 Infection in Children: Current Practice and Future Predictions

    • Lauri-Ann Van der Poel, Saul N. Faust, Gareth Tudor-Williams
    Pages 135-148
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About this book

Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children brings together leading experts in the field to provide a current and authoritative view concerning the hottest topics of concern to clinicians caring for children with infections and research scientists working in the areas of infectious disease, immunology, microbiology and public health.
The book is based on a collection of manuscripts from a faculty of authors of international standing who contributed to a course in Paediatric Infection and Immunity in Oxford, UK in June 2003.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Andrew J. Pollard

  • Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas, Dallas, USA

    George H. McCracken

  • University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Adam Finn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children

  • Editors: Andrew J. Pollard, George H. McCracken, Adam Finn

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8993-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-48344-8Published: 24 June 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4751-4Published: 12 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-8993-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 256

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

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