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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

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Feigin and Cherry´s Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 8th edition

Part 1 - Host-Parasite Relationships and the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases

1. Molecular Determinants of Microbial Pathogenesis

2. Normal and Impaired Immunologic Responses to Infection

3. The Host Response to Infections: The Omics Revolution

4. Fever: Pathogenesis and Treatment

5. The Human Microbiome

6. Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Infectious Diseases

Part 2 - Infection of Specific Organ Systems

Section 1 - Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

7. The Common Cold

8. Infections of the Oral Cavity

9. Pharyngitis (Pharyngitis, Tonsillitis, Tonsillopharyngitis, and Nasopharyngitis)

10. Uvulitis

11. Peritonsillar, Retropharyngeal, and Parapharyngeal Abscesses

12. Cervical Lymphadenitis

13. Parotitis

14. Rhinosinusitis

15. Otitis Externa

16. Otitis Media

17. Mastoiditis

18. Croup (Laryngitis, Laryngotracheitis, Spasmodic Croup, Laryngotracheobronchitis, Bacterial Tracheitis, and Laryngotracheobronchopneumonitis) and Epiglottitis (Supraglottitis)

Section 2 - Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

19. Acute Bronchitis

20. Chronic Bronchitis

21. Bronchiolitis and Infectious Asthma

22. Pediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia

23. Empyema and Lung Absess

24. Children´s Interstitial Lung Disease and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

25. Cystic Fibrosis

Section 3 - Infections of the Heart

26. Infective Endocarditis

27. Infectious Pericarditis

28. Myocarditis

29. Acute Rheumatic Fever

30. Mediastinitis

Section 4 - Central Nervous System Infections

31. Bacterial Meningitis Beyond the Neonatal Period

32. Parameningeal Infections .

33. Fungal Meningitis

34. Eosinophilic Meningitis

35. Aseptic Meningitis and Viral Meningitis

36. Encephalitis and Meningoencephalitis

37. Parainfectious and Postinfectious Disorders of the Nervous System

37a. Parainfectious and Postinfectious Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System

37b. Infection-Associated Myelitis and Myelopathies of the Spinal Cord

37c. Guillain-Barreì Syndrome

Section 5 - Genitourinary Tract Infections

38. Urethritis

39. Cystitis and Pyelonephritis

40. Renal Abscess

41. Prostatitis

42. Genital Infections

Section 6 - Gastrointestinal Tract Infections

43. Esophagitis

44. Approach to Patients with Gastrointestinal Tract Infections and Food Poisoning

45. Clostridium Difficile Infection

46. Whipple Disease

Section 7 - Liver Diseases

47. Hepatitis

48. Cholangitis and Cholecystitis

49. Pyogenic Liver Abscess

50. Reye Syndrome

Section 8 - Other Intra-Abdominal Infections

51. Appendicitis and Pelvic Abscess

52. Pancreatitis

53. Peritonitis and Intra-Abdominal Abscess

54. Retroperitoneal Infections

Section 9 - Musculoskeletal Infections

55. Osteomyelitis

56. Septic Arthritis

57. Bacterial Myositis and Pyomyositis

Section 10 - Skin Infections

58. Cutaneous Manifestatiions of Systemic Infections

59. Roseola Infantum (Exanthem Subitum)

60. Skin Infections

60a. Bacterial Skin Infections

60b. Viral and Fungal Skin Infections

Section 11 - Ocular Infectious Diseases

61. Ocular Infections

Section 12 - Systemic Infectious Diseases

62. Bacteremia and Septic Shock

63. Fever Without Source and Fever of Unknown Origin

64. Toxic Shock Syndrome

65. Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Section 13 - Infections of the Fetus and Newborn

66. Approach to Infections in the Fetus and Newborn

Section 14 - Infections of the Compromised Host

67. Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases

68. The Febrile Neutropenic Patient

69. Opportunistic Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

70. Infections in Pediatric Heart Transplantation

71. Infections in Pediatric Lung Transplantation

72. Opportunistic Infections in Liver and Intestinal Transplantation

73. Op

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