By

Carol J. Baker, MD, FAAP

Significantly updated and expanded, the new 2nd edition offers time-efficient, expert guidance on more than 100 pediatric infectious diseases.

The new 2nd edition provides must-know information for diagnosing, evaluating, and treating more than 100 pediatric conditions.

Look here for all the essentials on everything from actinomycosis to amebiasis to anthrax…hepatitis to herpes to hookworm…tuberculosis to tularemia to typhus.

Includes more than 800 full color images – 300 new! And 27 new chapters!

Some 800 finely detailed clinical photos and radiographs illustrate disease features. Succinct captions illuminate crucial aspects of patient presentation and disease processes and offer valuable insights for differential diagnosis.

A super-efficient ready-reference and learning tool

Concise text descriptions step you through diagnosis, evaluation, and management essentials for each condition:

– Clinical manifestations

– Etiology

– Epidemiology

– Incubation period

– Diagnostic tests

– Treatment

27 New chapters include:

Astrovirus

Bacillus cereus

Blastocystis hominis