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Although information about the natural history, management, and outcome of intrauterine and perinatally acquired infections is readily available, the busy clinician requires methods for quickly and easily determining the diagnosis of these infections, especially in a time of ever changing advances in diagnostic technology and the emergence of new infectious agents. In Congenital and Perinatal Infection: A Concise Guide to Diagnosis, a distinguished panel of pediatric and infectious disease specialists present in an easily accessible format all the information needed to diagnose a wide variety of infections in both the pregnant woman and the neonate. Organized by specific infection or related infections, the book provides pertinent information about the epidemiology of each infection in the pregnant woman and her neonate, as well as the risk of transmission to the fetus or neonate, the spectrum of clinical disease, and a recommended approach to the diagnosis of the infection in not only the mother, but also her neonate. The emphasis is on understanding what tests to order and how to interpret the results, with the approach to diagnosis in each chapter encompassing both the pregnant woman and her neonate. The book covers a wide range of micro-organisms that are both common and uncommon causes of congenital and perinatal infections, including the herpes simplex virus, HIV, toxoplasmosis, syphilis, CMV, tuberculosis, malaria, dengue, lymphocytic choriomeningtis virus, and parvovirus. Up to date and user friendly, Congenital and Perinatal Infection: A Concise Guide to Diagnosis offers the busy clinician caring for pregnant women and/or their infants a practical guide to determining infection risks and which assays are the most appropriate to use for their diagnosis.

Communicable diseases in the fetus --- Neonatal infections --- Diagnosis. --- Newborn infants --- Infection in newborn infants --- Infections --- Medicine. --- Obstetrics. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Obstetrics/Perinatology. --- Infection in children --- Fetus --- Diseases

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Congenital and perinatal infections remain a stubborn and major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants throughout the world. This concise, accessible account provides an essential guide to the diagnosis, management and prevention of these infections. The first three chapters underline how and why infections during this critical period can be so devastating. The main section of the book focuses on individual infections, and emphasises effective intervention based on the very latest knowledge and techniques. Another unique feature of this account is its recognition that the severity and types of these infections vary considerably from country to country, and from the developing world to the developed world: the international team of experts involved in this compilation have striven to make this an account that will transcend these boundaries and be suitable for all doctors and allied health professionals around the world charged with the care of the mother and newborn.

Communicable diseases in newborn infants. --- Communicable diseases in pregnancy. --- Fetus --- Neonatal infections. --- Newborn infants --- Infection in newborn infants --- Infection in children --- Embryopathies --- Pregnancy --- Neonatal infections --- Diseases. --- Infections --- Diseases --- Complications --- Communicable Diseases. --- Fetal Diseases. --- Infant, Newborn, Diseases. --- Infant, Newborn. --- Infection --- Infectious Diseases. --- Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities. --- Pregnancy Complications, Infectious. --- Pregnancy. --- Virus Diseases. --- congenital.

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The 7th edition of this authoritative reference provides the most up-to-date and complete guidance on infections found in utero, during delivery, and in the neonatal period in both premature and term infants. Special attention is given to the prevention and treatment of these diseases found in developing countries as well as the latest findings about new antimicrobial agents, gram-negative infections and their management, and recommendations for immunization of the fetus/mother.

Communicable Diseases --- Fetal Diseases. --- Infant, Newborn, Diseases. --- Communicable diseases in newborn infants --- Communicable diseases in pregnancy --- Fetus --- Neonatal infections --- Maladies infectieuses chez le nouveau-né --- Maladies infectieuses chez la femme enceinte --- Foetus --- Infections néonatales --- Infant, Newborn. --- Complications --- Diseases --- Complications et séquelles --- Maladies --- Infant, Newborn, Diseases --- Infant, Newborn --- Fetal Diseases --- Embryopathies --- Disease, Fetal --- Diseases, Fetal --- Embryopathy --- Fetal Disease --- Perinatology --- Infectious Diseases --- Communicable Disease --- Disease, Communicable --- Disease, Infectious --- Diseases, Communicable --- Diseases, Infectious --- Infectious Disease --- Disease Outbreaks --- Disease Transmission, Infectious --- Newborns --- Neonate --- Infants, Newborn --- Neonates --- Newborn --- Newborn Infant --- Newborn Infants --- Neonatology --- Neonatal Diseases --- Disease, Neonatal --- Diseases, Neonatal --- Neonatal Disease --- Besmettelijke ziekte --- Neonatologie --- Communicable diseases in newborn infants. --- Neonatal infections. --- Newborn infants --- Infection in newborn infants --- Infection in children --- Pregnancy --- Complications. --- Diseases. --- Infections

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This timely collection of expert papers draws attention to the global burden of meningitis and the challenges faced by the WHO’s roadmap to defeat meningitis by 2030. The three main goals of the meningitis roadmap are to eliminate epidemics of bacterial meningitis, reduce cases and deaths from vaccine-preventable bacterial meningitis, and reduce disability and improve quality of life after meningitis of any cause. This book includes a wide range of original research and reviews on epidemiology and vaccination of bacterial meningitis that have direct relevance to advancing the goals of the roadmap.

meningitis --- child mortality --- neonatal sepsis --- global health --- global health estimates --- modelling --- Streptococcus pneumoniae --- Haemophilus influenzae --- Neisseria meningitidis --- bacterial meningitis --- S. pneumoniae --- N. meningitidis --- H. influenzae --- S. agalactiae --- conjugate vaccines --- post-vaccine surveillance --- vaccine --- Africa --- mathematical modelling --- susceptibility --- invasive bacterial infections --- complement --- genetic factors --- Streptococcus agalactiae --- group B streptococci --- capsule --- meningococcal group --- nongroupable --- meningococcal carriage --- invasive meningococcal disease --- meningococcal urethritis --- neonatal infections --- epidemiology --- antibiotic resistance --- etiologic diagnosis --- enterovirus --- group B Streptococcus --- neurological sequelae --- hearing loss --- seizure --- epilepsy --- hydrocephalus --- focal neurological deficit --- corticosteroid --- dexamethasone --- invasive pneumococcal disease --- pneumococcal conjugate vaccines --- serotypes --- vaccine impact --- pneumococcal meningitis --- serotype distribution --- PCV impact --- global --- meta-analysis --- surveillance --- meningococcus --- pneumococcus --- Hib --- group B streptococcus --- conjugate vaccine --- rapid diagnostic test --- national reference laboratory --- cerebrospinal fluid --- Niger --- Burkina Faso --- tuberculosis --- tuberculous meningitis --- TBM --- children --- impact of Hib conjugate vaccine --- Hia --- NTHi --- burden --- social and economic costs --- WHO meningitis roadmap --- disability --- n/a