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2017 Nelson's Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy Twenty third Edition
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Practical, evidence-based recommendations from the experts in antimicrobial therapy
- Developed by distinguished editorial board
- Designed for those who take care of children and are faced with decisions every day
- At-a-glance tables of bacterial and fungal pathogen susceptibilities to commonly used antimicrobials
- Includes treatment of parasitic infections and tropical medicine
- Updated assessments regarding the strength of the recommendation and the level of evidence for treatment recommendations for major infections
- Anti-infective drug listing, complete with formulations and dosages
- Antibiotic therapy for obese children
- Antimicrobial prophylaxis/prevention of symptomatic infection
- Maximal adult dosages and higher dosages of some antimicrobials commonly used in children
- ISBN-10161002074X
- ISBN-13978-1610020749
- EditionTwenty third
- PublisherAmerican Academy of Pediatrics
- Publication dateDecember 15, 2016
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions4.75 x 0.63 x 6.75 inches
- Print length291 pages
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"This is a valuable reference to help clinicians appropriately select the best option for treatment of childhood infections."
Doody's Book Review 2016
About the Author
Editor in Chief
John S. Bradley, MD, FAAP, has been the Medical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego since 1988, and is currently Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He has served on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases (Red Book Committee) 2004-2010, and the Council of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) Council, 2007-2011 where he promoted the development of a PIDS Antimicrobial Stewardship program.
John D. Nelson, MD
Emeritus
John D. Nelson, MD is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, the same institution since he started his career back in 1957. At UT Southwestern he established the first formal Pediatric Infectious Disease fellowship program with Dr. Kenneth Haltalin and later Dr. George McCracken. He also went on to establish the National Pediatric Infectious Disease Seminar with Dr. McCracken and in 1982 they founded the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal for which they continue as Chief Editors. In 1975 Dr. Nelson produced the first edition of the Pocket Book of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy which has gone through 20 biennial editions and is now edited by Dr. John Bradley.
Elizabeth D. Barnett, MD, FAAP is an Associate Editor of the 2021 Red Book and was a member on the Committee on Infectious Diseases from 2014 - 2020. Dr Elizabeth Barnett is Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine and Chief, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center. She leads the Refugee Health Assessment Program and the Pediatric Travel Clinic. Her clinical and research interests include vaccines and vaccine safety, refugee and immigrant medicine, travel medicine, and general pediatric infectious diseases.
Joseph B. Cantey, MD, FAAP
Joseph B. Cantey, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Neonatology/Perinatal Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He attended medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina before completing his pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins. He then completed dual fellowships in pediatric infectious diseases and neonatal/perinatal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, Texas. His research interests include antimicrobial stewardship and responsible prescribing in the nursery setting; infection control and prevention in the nursery setting; and the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and longitudinal follow-up of congenital and perinatal infections, particularly herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, and syphilis.
Paul E. Palumbo, MD
Paul E. Palumbo, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College and Director, International Pediatric HIV Program at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He specializes in pediatric HIV and TB disease.
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- Publisher : American Academy of Pediatrics; Twenty third edition (December 15, 2016)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 291 pages
- ISBN-10 : 161002074X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1610020749
- Item Weight : 1.16 pounds
- Dimensions : 4.75 x 0.63 x 6.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,541,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #105 in Drug Reference Guides
- #314 in Infectious Diseases (Books)
- #806 in Pharmaceutical Drug Guides
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