Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children V (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Book 634)

Course Covers Topics In Infectious Diseases In Children And Is Intended For Pediatric Infectious Disease Trainees, Trainers, And All Those Who Manage Children With Infections. This Conference Is Being Supported By Several Societies And Is Sponsored By Several Pharmaceutical Companies, Such As Aventis, Baxter, Chiron Vaccines, Wyeth, Etc. Shiga-toxin Producing Escherichia Coli And The Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome / Christina K. Ahn, Nicholas J. Holt, Phillip I. Tarr -- Global Epidemiology Of Pneumococcal Disease - New Prospects For Vaccine Control / Vinicius C. Antao, William P. Hausdorff -- Current Concepts Of The Pathogenesis Of Rsv Bronchiolitis / Louis Bont -- How Can We Eradicate Pertussis / James D. Cherry -- Recognition And Management Of Encephalitis In Children / James D. Cherry -- Microbiology And Management Of Pleural Empyema / Julia Clark -- Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Probe Studies / Ron Dagan -- New Findings In Primary Immunodeficiency / Andrew R. Gennery, Andrew J. Cant -- Routine Use Of Influenza Vaccine / David Isaacs -- Challenges In The Evaluation And Management Of Bone And Joint Infections And The Role Of New Antibiotics For Gram Positive Infections / Sheldon L. Kaplan -- Significance Of Serotype Replacement For Pneumococcal Disease And Antibiotic Resistance / Keith P. Klugman -- Childhood Intra-thoracic Tuberculosis / Ben J. Marais -- Antibiotic Pipeline In Pediatrics / George H. Mccracken -- Paediatric Drug Development And Clinical Trials / E. David G. Mcintosh -- Influenza In Pregnancy / Shelly Mcneil, Beth Halperin, Noni Macdonald -- Febrile Neutropenia In Children With Cancer / Stéphane Paulus, Simon Dobson -- Pandas Syndrome / Michael E. Pichichero -- Fever In The Returned Paediatric Traveller / F. Andrew I. Riordan -- Molecular Diagnostics Of Primary Immunodeficiencies / Mirjam Van Der Burg, Menno C. Van Zelm, Jacques J.m. Van Dongen -- Human Genetic Resistance To Malaria / Thomas N. Williams. Adam Finn, Nigel Curtis, Andrew J. Pollard, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Shiga-Toxin Producing Escherichia coli and the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: What Have We Learned in the Past 25 Years?....Pages 1-17 Global Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Disease—New Prospects for Vaccine Control....Pages 19-29 Current Concepts of the Pathogenesis of RSV Bronchiolitis....Pages 31-40 How Can We Eradicate Pertussis....Pages 41-51 Recognition and Management of Encephalitis in Children....Pages 53-60 Microbiology and Management of Pleural Empyema....Pages 61-68 Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Probe Studies: The Solution Points to the Problem....Pages 69-77 New Findings in Primary Immunodeficiency....Pages 79-93 Routine Use of Influenza Vaccine....Pages 95-110 Challenges in the Evaluation and Management of Bone and Joint Infections and the Role of New Antibiotics for Gram Positive Infections....Pages 111-120 The Significance of Serotype Replacement for Pneumococcal Disease and Antibiotic Resistance....Pages 121-128 Childhood Intra-thoracic Tuberculosis....Pages 129-146 The Antibiotic Pipeline in Pediatrics....Pages 147-151 Paediatric Drug Development and Clinical Trials....Pages 153-159 Influenza in Pregnancy: The Case for Prevention....Pages 161-183 Febrile Neutropenia in Children with Cancer....Pages 185-204 The PANDAS Syndrome....Pages 205-216 Fever in the Returned Paediatric Traveller....Pages 217-230 Molecular Diagnostics of Primary Immunodeficiencies: Benefits and Future Challenges....Pages 231-241 Human Genetic Resistance to Malaria....Pages 243-253 Back Matter....Pages 255-264