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2020 Nelson's Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy

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About 2020 Nelson's Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy

Product Description The 26th edition provides practical, evidence-based recommendations from the experts in antimicrobial therapy for treatment of infectious diseases in children. For each disease, the authors provide a commentary to help health care providers select the best of all antimicrobial choices. Drug descriptions cover pediatric-appropriate antimicrobial agents available today and include complete information about dosing regimens. New in the 26th edition: First pediatric approval of beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor for CRE (carbapenem-resistant enteric bacilli), ceftazidime-avibactam Replacement antibiotics for cefotaxime (lack of availability in the US), including ceftriaxone and cefepime (for neonates) Situations in which ceftaroline is preferred over vancomycin by the Editors for MRSA infections Updates on management of influenza, including baloxavir (now approved for children >12 years) New approaches to treatment of mucomycosis New recommendations for malaria More than 150 new references!   About the Author John S. Bradley, MD, FAAP Editor in Chief John S. Bradley, MD has been the Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego since 1988, and is currently Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He has served on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases (Red Book Committee) 2004-2010, and the Council of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) Council, 2007-2011 where he promoted the development of a PIDS Antimicrobial Stewardship program.   John D. Nelson, MD Emeritus John D. Nelson, MD is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, the same institution since he started his career back in 1957. At UT Southwestern he established the first formal Pediatric Infectious Disease fellowship program with Dr. Kenneth Haltalin and later Dr. George McCracken. He also went on to establish the National Pediatric Infectious Disease Seminar with Dr. McCracken and in 1982 they founded the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal for which they continue as Chief Editors. In 1975 Dr. Nelson produced the first edition of the Pocket Book of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy which has gone through 20 biennial editions and is now edited by Dr. John Bradley.    Elizabeth D. Barnett, MD, FAAP is an Associate Editor of the 2021 Red Book and was a member on the Committee on Infectious Diseases from 2014 - 2020. Dr Elizabeth Barnett is Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine and Chief, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center.  She leads the Refugee Health Assessment Program and the Pediatric Travel Clinic. Her clinical and research interests include vaccines and vaccine safety, refugee and immigrant medicine, travel medicine, and general pediatric infectious diseases.     Joseph B. Cantey, MD, FAAP  Joseph B. Cantey, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Neonatology/Perinatal Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He attended medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina before completing his pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins. He then completed dual fellowships in pediatric infectious diseases and neonatal/perinatal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, Texas. His research interests include antimicrobial stewardship and responsible prescribing in the nursery setting; infection control and prevention in the nursery setting; and the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and longitudinal follow-up of congenital and perinatal infections, particularly herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, and syphilis.   Paul E. Palumbo, MD Paul E. Palumb