Download or read book Pediatric Infectious Diseases Revisited written by Stefan Wirth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-08 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with historical, epidemiological and sociocultural issues, this book presents clinical and molecular biological aspects of pediatric infectious diseases. The text offers new insights into the pathogenesis of infection, and updates on diagnostics, prevention and treatment of pediatric viral, fungal and bacterial diseases, as well as emerging new pathogens. The book will interest an interdisciplinary audience of clinicians and non-clinicians: pediatricians, infectious disease researchers, virologists, microbiologists and more.