Remington and Klein's Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant, 8th Edition

Regarded as the definitive source of information in the field, Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant remains your indispensable source for authoritative, state-of-the-art answers. Edited by Drs. Wilson, Nizet, Maldonado, Remington, and Klein, this fully updated reference helps you apply the latest evidence-based recommendations in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of infections found in utero, during delivery, and in the neonatal period in both premature and term infants.

Key Features

• Form a definitive diagnosis and create the best treatment plans possible using evidence-based recommendations and expert guidance from world authorities.

• Locate key content easily and identify clinical conditions quickly thanks to a consistent, highly user-friendly format now featuring a full-color design with hundreds of illustrations, and fresh perspectives from six new authoritative chapter lead authors.

New to this Edition

• Explore what's changing in key areas such as:

              - emerging problems and concepts in maternal, fetal, and neonatal infectious diseases

             - anticipation and recognition of infections occurring in utero, during delivery, and in the neonatal                        period

• Stay on the cutting edge of your field with new and improved chapters including: obstetric factors associated with infections of the fetus and newborn infant; human milk; borella infections; tuberculosis; bordetella pertussis and other bordetella sp infections; herpes simplex; toxoplasmosis; pneumocystis and other less common fungal infections; and healthcare-associated infections in the nursery

• Keep up with the most relevant topics in fetal/neonatal infectious disease including new antimicrobial agents, gram- negative infections and their management, and recommendations for immunization of the fetus/mother.

• Overcome clinical challenges in developing countries where access to proper medical care is limited.

• Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, references, and videos from the book on a variety of devices.

Author Information

By Christopher B. Wilson, MD, Director, Discovery and Translational Services, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington ; Victor Nizet, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacy, University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, La Jolla, California; Physician, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California ; Yvonne Maldonado, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Health Research and Policy, Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine; Stanford, California; Berger-Raynolds Packard Distinguished Fellow, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, California ; Jack S. Remington, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographical Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; Marcus Krupp Research Chair Emeritus, Research Institute, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California and Jerome O. Klein, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Product Reviews

"This continues to be the gold standard in the field.it provides comprehensive summaries of all relevant topics in perinatal infectious disease. The interpretation of the literature by some of the foremost authorities in the field makes this book an invaluable part of a comprehensive perinatal library."

-Jay P. Goldsmith, MD (Tulane University School of Medicine) Doody Score: 96 - 4 Stars!