Offering unparalleled coverage of infectious diseases in children and adolescents, Feigin & Cherry’s Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 8th Edition, continues to provide the information you need on epidemiology, public health, preventive medicine, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and much more. This extensively revised edition by Drs. James Cherry, Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, Sheldon L. Kaplan, William J. Steinbach, and Peter J. Hotez, offers a brand-new full-color design, new color images, new guidelines, and new content, reflecting today’s more aggressive infectious and resistant strains as well as emerging and re-emerging diseases
Features:- Discusses infectious diseases according to organ system, as well as individually by microorganisms, placing emphasis on the clinical manifestations that may be related to the organism causing the disease.
- Provides detailed information regarding the best means to establish a diagnosis, explicit recommendations for therapy, and the most appropriate uses of diagnostic imaging.
New to this Edition:- Features expanded information on infections in the compromised host; immunomodulating agents and their potential use in the treatment of infectious diseases; and Ebola virus.
- Contains hundreds of new color images throughout, as well as new guidelines, new resistance epidemiology, and new Global Health Milestones.
- Includes new chapters on Zika virus and Guillain-Barré syndrome.
- Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Table of ContentsPart 1 - Host-Parasite Relationships and the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases
1. Molecular Determinants of Microbial Pathogenesis
2. Normal and Impaired Immunologic Responses to Infection
3. The Host Response to Infections: The Omics Revolution
4. Fever: Pathogenesis and Treatment
5. The Human Microbiome
6. Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Infectious Diseases
Part 2 - Infection of Specific Organ Systems
Section 1 - Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
7. The Common Cold
8. Infections of the Oral Cavity
9. Pharyngitis (Pharyngitis, Tonsillitis, Tonsillopharyngitis, and Nasopharyngitis)
10. Uvulitis
11. Peritonsillar, Retropharyngeal, and Parapharyngeal Abscesses
12. Cervical Lymphadenitis
13. Parotitis
14. Rhinosinusitis
15. Otitis Externa
16. Otitis Media
17. Mastoiditis
18. Croup (Laryngitis, Laryngotracheitis, Spasmodic Croup, Laryngotracheobronchitis, Bacterial Tracheitis, and Laryngotracheobronchopneumonitis) and Epiglottitis (Supraglottitis)
Section 2 - Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
19. Acute Bronchitis
20. Chronic Bronchitis
21. Bronchiolitis and Infectious Asthma
22. Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia
23. Empyema and Lung Absess
24. Children’s Interstitial Lung Disease and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
25. Cystic Fibrosis
Section 3 - Infections of the Heart
26. Infective Endocarditis
27. Infectious Pericarditis
28. Myocarditis
29. Acute Rheumatic Fever
30. Mediastinitis
Section 4 - Central Nervous System Infections
31. Bacterial Meningitis Beyond the Neonatal Period
32. Parameningeal Infections.
33. Fungal Meningitis
34. Eosinophilic Meningitis
35. Aseptic Meningitis and Viral Meningitis
36. Encephalitis and Meningoencephalitis
37. Parainfectious and Postinfectious Disorders of the Nervous System
37a. Parainfectious and Postinfectious Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System
37b. Infection-Associated Myelitis and Myelopathies of the Spinal Cord
37c. Guillain-Barreì Syndrome
Section 5 - Genitourinary Tract Infections
38. Urethritis
39. Cystitis and Pyelonephritis
40. Renal Abscess
41. Prostatitis
42. Genital Infections
Section 6 - Gastrointestinal Tract Infections
43. Esophagitis
44. Approach to Patients with Gastrointestinal Tract Infections and Food Poisoning
45. Clostridium Difficile Infection
46. Whipple Disease
Section 7 - Liver Diseases
47. Hepatitis
48. Cholangitis and Cholecystitis
49. Pyogenic Liver Abscess
50. Reye Syndrome
Section 8 - Other Intra-Abdominal Infections
51. Appendicitis and Pelvic Abscess
52. Pancreatitis
53. Peritonitis and Intra-Abdominal Abscess
54. Retroperitoneal Infections
Section 9 - Musculoskeletal Infections
55. Osteomyelitis
56. Septic Arthritis
57. Bacterial Myositis and Pyomyositis
Section 10 - Skin Infections
58. Cutaneous Manifestatiions of Systemic Infections
59. Roseola Infantum (Exanthem Subitum)
60. Skin Infections
60a. Bacterial Skin Infections
60b. Viral and Fungal Skin Infections
Section 11 - Ocular Infectious Diseases
61. Ocular Infections
Section 12 - Systemic Infectious Diseases
62. Bacteremia and Septic Shock
63. Fever Without Source and Fever of Unknown Origin
64. Toxic Shock Syndrome
65. Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Section 13 - Infections of the Fetus and Newborn
66. Approach to Infections in the Fetus and Newborn
Section 14 - Infections of the Compromised Host
67. Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
68. The Febrile Neutropenic Patient
69. Opportunistic Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
70. Infections in Pediatric Heart Transplantation
71. Infections in Pediatric Lung Transplantation
72. Opportunistic Infections in Liver and Intestinal Transplantation
73. Opportunistic Infections in Kidney Transplantation
74. Infections Related to Prosthetic or Artificial Devices
75. Infections Related to Craniofacial Surgical Procedures
76. Infections in Burn Patients
Section 15 - Unclassified Infectious Diseases
77. Kawasaki Disease
78. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Part 3 - Infections with Specific Microorganisms
Section 16 - Bacterial Infections
79. Nomenclature for Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria
Subsection 1 - Gram-Positive Cocci
80. Staphylococcus aureus Infections (Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci)
81. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Infections
82. Group A, Group C, and Group G Beta Hemolytic Streptococcal Infections
83. Group B Streptococcal Infections
84. Enterococcal and Viridans Streptococcal Infections
85. Pneumococcal Infections
86. Miscellaneous Gram-Positive Cocci
Subsection 2 - Gram-Negative Cocci
87. Moraxella catarrhalis
88. Meningococcal Disease
89. Gonococcal Infections
Subsection 3 - Gram-Positive Bacilli
