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Hot topics in infection and immunity in children.
- Title
- Hot topics in infection and immunity in children. III / edited by Andrew J. Pollard and Adam Finn.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Springer, [2006], ©2006.
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- Description
- xxii, 275 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 0065-2598 ; v. 582
- Uniform Title
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 582.
- Alternative Title
- Hot topics in infection and immunity in children 3
- Subjects
- Note
- "This book is based on the course "Infection and Immunity in Children 2005" which was held at Keble College Oxford, UK in June 2005. This is the third book in this series covering topics in infection and immunity during childhood and based on the Oxford courses"--P. v.
- Support provided by the European Society for Infectious Disease (ESPID), British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group (BPAIIG), and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Warfare and the state of the world's children / Frank Shann -- 2. How do we treat children with severe malaria? / Kathryn Maitland -- 3. The neglected tropical diseases : the ancient afflictions of stigma and poverty and the prospects for their control and elimination / Peter Hotez, Eric Ottesen, Alan Fenwick and David Molyneux -- 4. Viral haemorrhagic fevers caused by Lassa, Ebola and Marburg viruses / Nigel Curtis -- 5. Rotavirus and rotavirus vaccines / Roger I. Glass, Joseph Bresee, Baoming Jiang, Umesh Parashar, Eileen Yee and Jon Gentsch -- 6. Transient deficiencies of T-cell-mediated immunity in the neonate / David A. Randolph and David B. Lewis -- 7. Controversies in neonatal sepsis : immunomodulation in the treatment and prevention of neonatal sepsis / Samantha J. Moss and Andrew R. Gennery -- 8. Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection in adolescents and young adults / Toni Darville -- 9. The role of inflammation and infection in the development of chronic lung diseases of prematurity / Philip L. Davies, Nicola C. Maxwell and Sailesh Kotecha -- 10. Streptococcus pneumoniae : infection, inflammation and disease / Tim J. Mitchell -- 11. Impact of antimicrobial resistance on therapy of bacterial pneumonia in children / B. Keith English and Steven C. Buckingham -- 12. Diagnosis and prevention of pneumococcal disease / Hanna Nohyek -- 13. New antibiotics for gram-positive infections / John S. Bradley -- 14. Clinical manifestations of nontuberculous mycobacteria / Robert S. Heyderman and Julia Clark -- 15. Kingella kingae : an emerging pediatric pathogen / Pablo Yagupsky -- 16. How to treat acute musculoskeletal infections in children / Nico G. Hartwig -- 17. Prevention of transmission of HIV-1 from mothers to infants in Africa / Hoosen Coovadia and Derseree Archary -- 18. Practical aspects of antiretrovial treatment in children / Sam Walters -- 19. Antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media in children / Matthew J. Thompson and Paul Glasziou -- 20. Antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections in children / Elliot Long, Samantha Colquhoun and Jonathan R. Carapetis -- 21. Human metapneumovirus : an important cause of acute respiratory illness / Adilia Warris and Ronald de Groot.
- ISBN
- 038731783X
- LCCN
- 2005939184
- 9780387317830
- OCLC
- ocm69920572
- SCSB-5254329
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries