Red Book Atlas of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

American Academy of Pediatrics

• 15 juni 2013
• 9781581109412

Samenvatting:

Based on key content from the American Academy of Pediatric's Red Book®, the Red Book Atlas, 2nd editon provides essential information and recommendations for diagnosing and treating more than 100 pediatric conditions. Look here for all the essentials on everything from actinomycosis to amebiasis to anthrax; hepatitis to herpes to hookworm; tuberculosis to tularemia to typhus.

It streamlines disease recognition and clinical decision-making with more than 800 full-color images adjacent to concise diagnostic and treatment guidelines.

Includes 300 new images!

27 new chapters include:

Astrovirus
Bacillus cereus
Blastocystis hominis
Burkholderia
Human Calicivirus
Chlamydophila pneumonia
Chlamydophilia psittaci
Clostridium perfringens
Coronavirus
Cryptococcus neoformans Infections (Cryptococcosis)
Cryptosporidiosis
Dengue
Fusobacterium Infections
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Human Herpesvirus 8
Legionella
Human Metapneumovirus Infections
Microsporidia Infections
Parasitic Diseases
Prion Diseases
Q Fever
Rickettsial Diseases
Other Tapeworm Infections (including Hydatid Diseases)
Other Vibrio Infections

Essential information on each condition is presented in the precise sequence needed in the clinical setting:

• Clinical manifestations
• Etiology
• Epidemiology
• Incubation period
• Diagnostic tests
• Treatment