Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children, Vol. 8 (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 719)

Our Time Of Pestilence: Purchasing Immunity And Ignoring The Misery Of Others / Philip Alcabes -- Neonatal Meningitis: Can We Do Better? / Paul T. Heath, Ifeanyichukwu O. Okike, And Clarissa Oeser -- Approaches Towards Avoiding Lifelong Antiretroviral Therapy In Paediatric Hiv Infection / Philip J.r. Goulder And Andrew J. Prendergast -- How Short Is Long Enough For Treatment Of Bone And Joint Infection? / Markus Pääkkönen And Heikki Peltola -- What's New In Diagnostic Testing And Treatment Approaches For Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infections In Children? / Ken B. Waites -- Pig, Poultry, And Pandemic Influenza: How Zoonotic Pathogens Threaten Human Health / Thijs Kuiken ... [et Al.] -- Kingella Kingae Infections In Children: An Update / Inbal Weiss-salz And Pablo Yagupsky -- Influenza Pandemics / Ruth Elderfield And Wendy Barclay. Management Of Shunt Related Infections / Mona Al-dabbagh And Simon Dobson -- Nontuberculosis Lymphadenopathy In Children: Using The Evidence To Plan Optimal Management / Julia E. Clark -- Pediatric Brucellosis: An (almost) Forgotten Disease / Pablo Yagupsky -- Q Fever: Still More Queries Than Answers / Corine E. Delsing, Adilia Warris, And Chantal P. Bleeker-rovers -- Rickettsioses In Children: A Clinical Approach / Emmanouil Galanakis And Maria Bitsori -- What Is The Evidence Behind Recommendations For Infection Control? / Christina Gagliardo And Lisa Saiman -- What Do We Know About How To Treat Tuberculosis? / Ben J. Marais -- Bacterial Meningitis In Childhood / Manish Sadarangani And Andrew J. Pollard -- Mycobacterium Marinum Infection / Marc Tebruegge And Nigel Curtis. Nigel Curtis, Adam Finn, Andrew J. Pollard, Editors. Each Of The Chapters In This Book Is Based On A Lecture Given At The Eighth Infection And Immunity In Children (iic) Course Held At The End Of June 2010 At Keble College, Oxford--p. V. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Our Time of Pestilence: Purchasing Immunity and Ignoring the Misery of Others....Pages 1-9 Neonatal Meningitis: Can We Do Better?....Pages 11-24 Approaches Towards Avoiding Lifelong Antiretroviral Therapy in Paediatric HIV Infection....Pages 25-37 How Short Is Long Enough for Treatment of Bone and Joint Infection?....Pages 39-46 What’s New in Diagnostic Testing and Treatment Approaches for Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Children?....Pages 47-57 Pigs, Poultry, and Pandemic Influenza: How Zoonotic Pathogens Threaten Human Health....Pages 59-66 Kingella kingae Infections in Children: An Update....Pages 67-80 Influenza Pandemics....Pages 81-103 Management of Shunt Related Infections....Pages 105-115 Nontuberculous Lymphadenopathy in Children: Using the Evidence to Plan Optimal Management....Pages 117-121 Pediatric Brucellosis: An (Almost) Forgotten Disease....Pages 123-132 Q Fever: Still More Queries than Answers....Pages 133-143 Rickettsioses in Children: A Clinical Approach....Pages 145-162 What is the Evidence Behind Recommendations for Infection Control?....Pages 163-169 What Do We Know About How to Treat Tuberculosis?....Pages 171-184 Bacterial Meningitis in Childhood....Pages 185-199 Mycobacterium marinum Infection....Pages 201-210 Back Matter....Pages 211-212 Book covers course with topics in infectious diseases in children and is intended for Pediatric Infectious disease clinical researchers, trainees, trainers, and all those who manage the research of children with infections and the children themselves. The conference is being supported by several societies and is sponsored by several pharmaceutical companies, such as Aventis, Baxter, Chiron Vaccines, Wyeth, etc. ToC reflects the scientific program found here: http://www.oxfordiic.org/#course