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Imprint:	New York, NY : Springer, c2006.
Description:	xxii, 275 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 0065-2598 ; v. 582
Subject:	Infection in children. Communicable diseases in children. Children -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects. Infection -- drug therapy. Infection -- immunology. Bacterial Infections -- drug therapy. Bacterial Infections -- immunology. Virus Diseases -- drug therapy. Virus Diseases -- immunology. Child. Communicable diseases in children. Infection in children.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6018119

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Varying Form of Title:	Hot topics in infection and immunity in children 3
Other authors / contributors:	Pollard, Andrew J. Finn, Adam, 1959- British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity, and Infection Group. European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
ISBN:	038731783X
Notes:	"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). Includes bibliographical references and index.
Standard no.:	9780387317830

Table of 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.

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