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Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases E-Book, 8th Edition

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By James Cherry, MD, MSc, Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, MD, Sheldon L. Kaplan, MD, William Steinbach, MD and Peter J Hotez, MD, PhD
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 ...view more

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

ISBN :
9780323392815
Publication Date :
29-12-2017
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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


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.

Key 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.

Author Information
By James Cherry, MD, MSc, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Attending Physician, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine; Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases Service, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas; Sheldon L. Kaplan, MD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Attending Physician, Infectious Disease Service, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas; William Steinbach, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Robert H. Fiser, Jr., MD Endowed Chair in Pediatrics, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Associate Dean for Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Pediatrician-in-Chief, Arkansas Children’s Little Rock, Arkansas; Peter J Hotez, MD, PhD, Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Professor, Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas