Manual of Childhood Infections The Blue Book

Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of child morbidity and mortality worldwide. Now in its fourth edition, Manual of Childhood Infections is a simple-to-use, evidence-based, and practical handbook on how to recognize, investigate, and manage both common and rare infectious diseases in children and babies. Endorsed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, this fully updated version of the established 'Blue Book' complements the Pan European initiatives and UK diploma courses to harmonise patient management and training in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (PID), making it essential reading for UK and European paediatricians. Manual of Childhood Infections is divided into two alphabetized sections for easy access to information, covering key diagnosis and management features of infections alongside crucial points of epidemiology and clinical features. This fourth edition forms practical reading for practising paediatricians, featuring updates to all key chapters based on a literature review alongside new chapters focusing on emerging problems for Europe.

1 - Antibacterials
2 - Antifungals
3 - Antiparasitics
4 - Antivirals
5 - Antimicrobial stewardship
6 - Bacterial Meningitis
7 - Bone or Joint Infection
8 - Cardiac Infection
9 - Central venous line infection
10 - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
11 - Congenital Infection
12 - Diarrhoea and Vomiting
13 - Emerging Infections and pandemic preparedness
14 - Encephalitis
15 - Enlarged Lymph Nodes
16 - Ocular Infections
17 - Immunocompromised children with infections
18 - Immunisation in immunocompromised children
19 - Infection Control in the Community
20 - Infection Control in the Hospital- HCAI
21 - Laboratory Diagnosis of Infection
22 - LRTI
23 - Neonatal Infection
24 - Periodic Fever
25 - Pyrexia of Unknown Origin
26 - Rash
27 - Gram-positive infections
28 - Gram-negative infections
29 - Refugees and Internationally Adopted Children
30 - Returning from Abroad with an Infection
31 - Sepsis Syndrome
32 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
33 - Skin and Soft Tissue Infection
34 - Suspected Immunodeficiency
35 - Systematic Fungal Infection
36 - Toxic Shock Syndrome
37 - Trauma Bites and Burns
38 - Travelling Abroad
39 - Urinary Tract Infections in Children
40 - URTI
41 - Zoonoses
42 - Adenovirus
43 - Amoebiasis
44 - Anaerobic
45 - Arboviruses
46 - Ascariasis (Roundworm)
47 - Aspergillosis
48 - Botulism (Food-borne and Infant Botulism)
49 - Brucellosis
50 - Campylobacter
51 - Candidiasis
52 - Cat-Scratch Disease
53 - Varicella zoster virus
54 - Chlamydia pneumoniae
55 - Chlamydia psittaci
56 - Chlamydia trachomatis
57 - Cholera
58 - Clostridium Difficile
59 - Conjunctivitis
60 - Cryptosporidiosis
61 - Cytomegalovirus Infection
62 - Dermatophytoses: Tinea Capitis, Corporis, Pedis and Unguium
63 - Diptheria
64 - Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses
65 - Rhinoviruses
66 - Giardiasis
67 - Gonococcal Infection
68 - Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
69 - Haemorrhagic Fevers
70 - Haemophilus influenzae
71 - Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
72 - Helicobacter pylori Infection
73 - Hepatitis A & E
74 - Hepatitis B
75 - Hepatitis C
76 - HSV1 & HSV2
77 - HSV6 & HSV7
78 - HIV
79 - Infectious Helminthiasis
80 - Epstein-Barr Virus (Infectious mononucleosis)
81 - Influenza and Para-Influenza
82 - Intestinal Worms (threadworms)
83 - Kawasaki Disease
84 - Legionnaires' Disease
85 - Leishmaniasis
86 - Listeriosis
87 - Lyme Disease
88 - Malaria
89 - Measles
90 - Meningococcal Disease
91 - Mumps
92 - Mycobacterial Infection (atypical)
93 - Mycoplasma Infections
94 - Nits and Head Lice
95 - Norovirus
96 - Other Fungal Infections
97 - Papilloma virus
98 - Parvovirus Infection
99 - Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
100 - Plague
101 - Pneumococcal Disease
102 - Pneumocytis carinii Pneumonia
103 - Poliomyelitis
104 - Poxvirus Infection (including Molluscum Contagiosum)
105 - Prion Disease (Spongiform Encephalitis)
106 - Rabies
107 - Respiritory Syncytial Virus Infection
108 - HHV6
109 - Rotavirus and other Viral Enteropathogens
110 - Rubella
111 - Salmonellosis
112 - Scabies
113 - Schistosomiasis
114 - Shigellosis
115 - Staphylococcal Infections and MRSA
116 - Streptococcal Infections (excluding pneumococcus)
117 - Syphillis
118 - Tetanus
119 - Tick-borne Encephalitis
120 - Toxocariasis
121 - Toxoplasmosis
122 - Tuberculosis
123 - Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
124 - Typhus
125 - Yellow Fever
126 - Yersiniosis
127 - Kingella
1 - Morbidity and Mortality from infection
2 - Exclusion Period
3 - Variation in Immunisation Schedules: UK and Europe
1 - Formulary
2 - Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Europe
3 - Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in the UK
4 - Useful Contacts, Websites, Pictures

Mike Sharland is a Consultant at the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit at St George's Hospital, London He is a recognized expert in optimising antimicrobial use in children. He is a board member of ESPID, Chair of ESPID Research Committee, Previous Chair of ESPID Training Committee, and Chair of RCPCH Standing Committee on Infection and Immunisation and Chair of the UK Medicines for Children Research Network Allergy, Infection and Immunity Clinical Study Group. He is also the Joint Chair of the Pediatric European Network for Trials in Infection.