Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Edition No. 6

Table of Contents

[The TOC contains hundreds of small chapters; so below is the consolidated list with only Parts and Sections.]

PART I: Understanding, Controlling, and Preventing Infectious Diseases
Section A. Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases
Section B. Prevention of Infectious Diseases

PART II: Clinical Syndromes and Cardinal Features of Infectious Diseases: Approach to Diagnosis and Initial Management
Section A. Septicemia, Toxin-, and Inflammation-Mediated Syndromes
Section B. Cardinal Symptom Complexes
Section C. Oral Infections and Upper and Middle Respiratory Tract Infections
Section D. Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Section E. Cardiac and Vascular Infections
Section F. Central Nervous System Infections
Section G. Genitourinary Tract Infections
Section H. Gastrointestinal and Tract Infections and Intoxications
Section I. Intra-abdominal Infections
Section J. Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections
Section K. Bone and Joint Infections
Section L. Eye Infections
Section M. Infections Related to Trauma, Animals, and Ticks
Section N. Infections of the Fetus and Newborn
Section O. Infections and Transplantation
Section P. Infections and Cancer
Section Q. Infections Associated With Hospitalization and Medical Devices
Section R. Infections in Patients With Deficient Defenses
Section S. Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

PART III: Etiologic Agents of Infectious Diseases
Section A. Bacteria
Section B. Viruses
Section C. Fungi
Section D. Human Parasites and Vectors

PART IV: Laboratory Diagnosis and Therapy for Infectious Diseases
Section A. Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases
Section B. Anti-Infective Therapy

Authors

Sarah S. Long Associate editor of The Journal of Pediatrics, as well as the Red Book Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Sarah S. Long is Professor of pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Long is an associate editor of The Journal of Pediatrics, as well as the Red Book Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has chaired the program committee for annual meetings of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. She sits on research advisory committees for the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Charles G. Prober Senior Associate Vice Provost for Health Education and Professor of Pediatrics (infectious diseases) and of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Marc Fischer Dr. Marc Fischer is a pediatric infectious disease specialist in Fort Collins, Colorado. He received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. David Kimberlin University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine. David Kimberlin, MD is Professor/Co-Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases/Sergio B. Stagno, MD Endowed Chair in Pedaitric Infectious Diseases/Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research at Children's Alabama, Birmingham. Dr. Kimberlin is a world renowned pediatric infectious diseases specialist at the University of Alabama, is at the fulcrum of NIH- sponsored multicentered clinical trials especially related to antiviral therapy, is the chief editor of the Red Book Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a national leader in academic and subspecilty societies. He has been a contributor of critical chapters in PPPID since its inception.