Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children II

Herausgegeben:Pollard, Andrew J.; Finn, Adam

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity II provides a current view from leading experts concerning the hottest topics of concern to clinicians caring for children with infections. The book brings together a collection of manuscripts from a faculty of authors of international standing who contributed to a course in Paediatric Infection and Immunity in Oxford, UK in June 2004.

Produktdetails

• Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 568
• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4419-3786-5
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st edition 2005
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9781441937865
• ISBN-10: 1441937862
• Artikelnr.: 32135702

Inhaltsangabe

Emerging Infections and Children: Influenza and Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy.- Chickenpox Party or Varicella Vaccine?.- The ABC of Epstein-Barr Virus Infections.- The Immune Response to Viral Lower Respiratory Tract Infection.- Chronic Granulomatous Disease: From Genetic Defect to Clinical Presentation.- Novel Primary Immunodeficiencies.- Periodic Fever.- BCG Vaccine.- Helminth Infections of Children: Prospects for Control.- Rabies on the Doorstep.- Prevention of Typhoid Fever.- Dexamethasone in the Treatment of Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis in Developing Countries: Is it Beneficial?.- Should Dexamethasone be Part of Routine Therapy of Bacterial Meningitis in Industrialised Countries?.- How to Interpret a CSF-The Art and the Science.- Reverse Vaccinology and Vaccines for Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis.