**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Pediatrics** Widely considered the premier text in pediatric infectious diseases, Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 9th Edition, provides authoritative, up-to-date coverage of this rapidly changing field. Extensively revised by Drs. James Cherry, Sheldon L. Kaplan, Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, William J. Steinbach, Peter J. Hotez, and new editor John V. Williams, this two-volume reference delivers the information you need on epidemiology, public health, preventive medicine, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and much more. It serves as a reliable, everyday resource for practicing ID specialists, and an invaluable reference for medical students, residents, and fellows in ID, pediatricians and internists, and others who work with neonates, children, and adolescents or in public health. Discusses infectious diseases according to organ systems that may be affected, as well as individually by microorganisms, placing emphasis on clinical manifestations that may be related to the organism causing the disease Provides detailed information regarding the best means to establish a diagnosis, explicit recommendations for therapy, and the most appropriate uses of diagnostic imaging Includes expanded information on Q fever, antibiotic resistance and antibiotic agents, human coronaviruses, pox viruses, and infections in the compromised host, and contains new COVID-19 content across numerous chapters Features a new chapter on antimicrobial stewardship, and new coverage of antivirals for pox viruses Reflects today’s more aggressive infectious and antibiotic-resistant organisms as well as emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases Contains hundreds of full-color images (many are new!), including clinical photos, radiographic images, drawings, charts, and graphs Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date
Críticas
4 Stars! "...delivers detailed reviews of clinical syndromes and microbial pathogens [and] aims to provide a comprehensive and authoritative review of important infectious diseases topics. The aims of this collection are appropriate and well-addressed throughout the text, providing an excellent summary of each topic presented... This book covers a wide breadth of infectious diseases topics, starting with a detailed review of host-pathogen pathogenesis, followed by a syndromic approach... [A] well-organized [book] in an intuitive manner, with easy online access, as well... The content is visually cohesive on a desktop browser. Links are also easy to navigate and connect appropriately. The newest edition of this book remains an important reference for healthcare professionals in general and pediatric infectious diseases specialists, in particular... It addresses important and timely topics, remaining relevant in a fluid and ever-changing field. I recommend this book to anyone who manages infectious diseases in pediatric patients to any degree." Review by Clayton Mowrer, DO, MBA, MPH (University of Nebraska Medical Center), ©Doody's Review Service 2025. Doody's Score: 93, 4 Stars! "The extensively revised, updated and enlarged 9th edition of this classic Textbook is an important tool in the treatment of infectious diseases in the pediatric population and beyond. The present text is divided into 2 volumes: 6 parts [and] each part is divided into subsections. In total there are 271 chapters written by experts from several countries. Each chapter contains tables and illustrations, all in color.... An e-book can be activated [which] contains the text, tables, figures and all the references.... [It's] very highly recommended for every pediatrician and pediatric department." - Pediatric Endocrinology Review, 2025
Biografía del autor
James D. Cherry, MD, MSc is a Distinguished Research Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Cherry established one of the first formal pediatric infectious disease fellowship programs in the world in 1963 at the University of Wisconsin. In 1973 Dr. Cherry started the first pediatric infectious training program at UCLA. During his 43 years tenure at UCLA, numerous trainees have gone on to be leaders in pediatric infectious diseases in the US and around the world. Dr. Cherry has won many awards during his career.
John V. Williams, MD, a leading expert on respiratory viruses that infect children, is chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
