The new edition of this popular reference continues to present the critical answers you need to address your most difficult clinical challenges. It explores the latest advances in the treatment of pediatric disease, equipping you with unparalleled coverage of immunology, epidemiology, public health, preventive medicine, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and much more. Stay on track with updates, including para- and post-infectious demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system, antibiotic resistance, and molecular techniques in laboratory diagnosis — just to name a few—enable you to put the very latest knowledge to work for your patients. Plus, as an Expert Consult title, the book comes with access to the complete contents online, fully searchable, plus links to Medline and PubMed abstracts — providing you with rapid and easy reference from any computer!

本书的新版本一如既往地为临床工作中最困难的问题提供关键的答案。书中探讨了儿科疾病治疗方面的最新进展，涵盖面广及免疫学、流行病学、公共卫生、预防医学、临床表现、诊断、治疗及其他。内容保持在学科前沿水平，例如感染前、感染后的中枢神经系统脱髓鞘性疾病，抗生素耐药，以及实验室诊断的分子技术等——令读者能够及时了解最新知识以便为患者服务。此外，本书作为Expert Consult书目之一，具有全文在线阅读及检索功能，在Medline和PubMed亦有摘要链接——保证读者在任何电脑商都可迅速方便地查找文献。

“This is the textbook to which all who desire a comprehensive exposition of pediatric infectious disease will turn.” – JAMA, review of the previous edition.

* Offers unmatched, comprehensive coverage of immunology, epidemiology, public health, preventive medicine, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and much more, for convenient consultation in one comprehensive reference. * Organizes information both by organ system and by etiologic microorganism, enabling you to find the answers you need quickly by approaching any topic from either direction.

* Includes access to the complete text online, fully searchable, plus links to Medline and PubMed abstracts—providing quick and convenient consultation from anyplace with an Internet connection. * Offers extensive updates on topics including para- and post-infectious demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system, antibiotic resistance, molecular techniques in laboratory diagnosis, fever without source and fever of unknown origin, infections associated with transplantation, human immunodeficiency disease, immunomodulating agents and passive immunizations—and many, many more—to help you achieve better patient management outcomes by implementing the very latest knowledge. * Features the contributions of new authors—representing nearly one-third of the text—who offer you fresh insights on today’s practice.