Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children

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Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 426238-75

About this title:

Synopsis: This classic text delivers comprehensive, yet concise coverage of childhood exanthems and other infections, offering practical options for their management and treatment. Thoroughly cross-referenced chapters and a wealth of helpful tables, diagrams, charts, photographs, and color plates speed readers to a diagnosis. Chapters cover history, management, and treatment of the major infections affecting children worldwide, including emerging and re-emerging diseases in developing countries (such as malaria and dengue).

Reflects the most recent developments in the field with...

• New chapters on fungal infections, eye infections, cholera, dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, malaria, and helminthic infections.
• An updated smallpox/vaccinia chapter with information on bioterrorism and the initiation of smallpox vaccination programs.
• An expanded discussion of pseudomonas infections in the cystic fibrosis chapter.
• Discussions of the newer hepatitis viruses.

About the Author: Anne A. Gershon, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York; Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, Professor of Global Health, Epidemiology, International Affairs and Human Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC; and Samuel Katz, MD, Wilbert C. Davison Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina

Bibliographic Details

Title: Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children
Publisher: Mosby
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 11th.