By

James Cherry, MD, MSc, Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Member, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases Service; Director, Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
Sheldon L. Kaplan, MD, Professor and Vice-Chairman of Clinical Affairs, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine; Chief, Infectious Disease Service, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX
William J. Steinbach, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics, Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine; President and Director, Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Houston, Texas, USA

Feigin and Cherry’s Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases helps you put the very latest knowledge to work for your young patients with unparalleled coverage of everything from epidemiology, public health, and preventive medicine through clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and much more. Ideal for all physicians, whether in an office or hospital setting, Feigin and Cherry’s equips you with trusted answers to your most challenging clinical infectious disease questions.

New to This Edition

Implement the latest knowledge on cutting-edge topics with coverage of new developments in novel viral infections, expanding bacterial resistance, evaluation of immunocompromised hosts, invasive fungal infections, device-related infections, global travel medicine, neglected tropical diseases, and much more.
Stay at the forefront of the pediatric infectious disease field through continuing and extensive updates on antibiotic resistance, novel therapeutics, and new molecular techniques in laboratory diagnosis.
Recognize under which circumstances the use of diagnostic imaging is most appropriate and know the efficient diagnosis for infectious diseases.

Key Features

Meet your most difficult clinical challenges in pediatric infectious disease, including today’s more aggressive infectious and resistant strains as well as emerging and re-emerging diseases, with unmatched, comprehensive coverage of immunology, epidemiology, public health, preventive medicine, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and much more.
Find the answers you need quickly thanks to an organization both by organ system and by etiologic microorganism, allowing you to easily approach any topic from either direction.
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