Congenital and Perinatal Infections

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. The Tools of Diagnosis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Diagnostic Assays

      • William Borkowsky

      Pages 3-12

   3. Nonserologic Assays for Detection of Bacteria and Other Nonviral Infections

      • Timothy J. Cleary

      Pages 13-21

   4. Diagnosis of Viral Infections by Viral Isolation and Identification or by Direct Detection

      • David Schnurr

      Pages 23-35

   5. Placental Histopathology

      • Edwina J. Popek

      Pages 37-60

3. Diagnosis of Specific Infections

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. Herpes Simplex Virus

      • David W. Kimberlin

      Pages 63-72

   3. Cytomegalovirus

      • Suresh B. Boppana

      Pages 73-86

   4. Epstein-Barr Virus

      • Suresh B. Boppana

      Pages 87-89

   5. Varicella-Zoster Virus

      • Anne A. Gershon

      Pages 91-100

   6. Human Herpesviruses 6 and 7

      • Charles T. Leach

      Pages 101-109

   7. Human Herpesvirus 8

      • Charles Wood, Charles D. Mitchell

      Pages 111-121

   8. Rubella

      • Cecelia Hutto

      Pages 123-129

   9. Parvovirus B19

      • Mobeen H. Rathore

      Pages 131-141

   10. Enteroviruses

       • Mark J. Abzug

       Pages 143-155

   11. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

       • David Berman, Gwendolyn B. Scott

       Pages 157-168

   12. Hepatitis Viruses

       • Ravi Jhaveri, Yvonne Bryson

       Pages 169-179

   13. Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus

       • Kevin A. Cassady

       Pages 181-185

   14. Dengue Virus

       • Enid J. García-Rivera, José G. Rigau-Pérez

       Pages 187-197

A concise clinical reference that facilitates the diagnosis of intrauterine and perinatally acquired infections was the goal in creating the Congenital and Perinatal Infections: A Concise Guide to Diagnosis. Information about the natural history, m- agement, and outcome of these infections is well detailed in many other sources and so has not been included. Rather, the focus of the book is diagnosis. The initial chapters provide general information about serological and nonserological assays that are used for the diagnosis of infections, and a chapter about the placenta includes details about histopathological findings that can be helpful with the diagnosis of congenital inf- tions. The remainder of the book is devoted to the diagnosis of specific congenital and/ or perinatal infections. As illustrated in the chapters about specific infections, the approach to diagnosis of a congenital or perinatally acquired infection in the neonate begins, when possible, with consideration and diagnosis of infection in the pregnant woman, knowledge of how the infection is transmitted, and the risk of that infection for the woman and her fetus or neonate. The possibility of congenital or perinatal infection in neonates is usually considered because of the diagnosis of, or concern about a s- cific infection in, a mother during pregnancy that can be transmitted to the neonate or because of clinical findings in the neonate at birth that suggest an infectious cause.

• HIV
• birth
• fetus
• histopathology
• infection
• placenta
• pregnancy

"...an initial, 'concise guide' for seasoned clinicians, as well as for those in training." - Clinical Infectious Diseases

• Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham

  Cecelia Hutto

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