Common Bacterial Infections in Infancy and Childhood Diagnosis and Treatment

Common Bacterial Infections in Infancy and Childhood Diagnosis and Treatment / edited by M.I. Marks.

Paediatrics is distinguished from general medicine by the different spectrum of disease encountered, and the interplay of disease and development within the growing child. Thus, clinical management taxes acumen, experience, and factual knowledge in a particularly challenging way. Infectious disease...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Marks, M.I (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1979.
Edition:1st ed. 1979.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Infectious diseases.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Principles of Antibacterial Therapy in Infants and Children
  • 1. Factors Influencing the Selection of Antibacterial Drugs
  • 2. Factors Influencing Dosage
  • 3. Factors Influencing the Choice of Route
  • 4. Factors Influencing the Duration of Treatment
  • II Respiratory Infections
  • 1. Otitis Media
  • 2. Acute Sinusitis
  • 3. Orbital Cellulitis
  • 4. Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis
  • 5. Epiglottitis
  • 6. Pertussis
  • 7. Pneumonia
  • 8. Pleural Empyema
  • 9. Croup, Bronchiolitis and Bronchitis
  • 10. Pulmonary Tuberculosis
  • III Infections of the Central Nervous System
  • 1. Pyogenic Meningitis
  • 2. Brain Abscess
  • 3. Epidural Abscess
  • 4. Subdural Empyema
  • 5. Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infections
  • IV Genitourinary Infections
  • 1. Urethritis
  • 2. Cystitis
  • 3. Upper Urinary Tract Infection
  • V Skin and Wound Infections
  • 1. Impetigo
  • 2. Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome
  • 3. Cellulitis
  • 4. Furunculosis
  • 5. Acne Vulgaris
  • 6. Wound Infections
  • 7. Special Hosts: Treatment Considerations
  • VI Infections of the Skeletal System
  • 1. Osteomyelitis
  • 2. Septic Arthritis
  • 3. Other Infections
  • 4. Conclusions
  • VII Enteric Infections
  • 1. Salmonella Gastroenteritis and Enteric Fever
  • 2. Yersinia Enterocolitis
  • 3. Shigellosis
  • 4. Escherichia coli Enterocolitis
  • 5. Gastroenteritis due to Other Bacteria
  • 6. General Aspects of Treatment
  • VIII Neonatal Infections
  • 1. Factors Predisposing to Neonatal Infections
  • 2. Pathogenic Organisms
  • 3. Principles of Management
  • 4. Septicaemia
  • 5. Meningitis
  • 6. Pneumonia
  • 7. Enteritis
  • 8. Urinary Tract Infections
  • 9. Osteomyelitis
  • l0. Septic Arthritis
  • 11. Congenital Syphilis
  • 12. Conjunctivitis
  • 13. Skin Infections
  • 14. Umbilical Infection.

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