Congenital and perinatal infections : a concise guide to diagnosis

Author(s)

• Hutto, Cecelia

Bibliographic Information

Congenital and perinatal infections : a concise guide to diagnosis

edited by Cecelia Hutto

（Infectious disease）

Humana Press, 2005

• alk. paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

A concise clinical reference that facilitates the diagnosis of intrauterine and perinatally acquired infections was the goal in creating the Congenital and Perinatal Infections: A Concise Guide to Diagnosis. Information about the natural history, m- agement, and outcome of these infections is well detailed in many other sources and so has not been included. Rather, the focus of the book is diagnosis. The initial chapters provide general information about serological and nonserological assays that are used for the diagnosis of infections, and a chapter about the placenta includes details about histopathological findings that can be helpful with the diagnosis of congenital inf- tions. The remainder of the book is devoted to the diagnosis of specific congenital and/ or perinatal infections. As illustrated in the chapters about specific infections, the approach to diagnosis of a congenital or perinatally acquired infection in the neonate begins, when possible, with consideration and diagnosis of infection in the pregnant woman, knowledge of how the infection is transmitted, and the risk of that infection for the woman and her fetus or neonate. The possibility of congenital or perinatal infection in neonates is usually considered because of the diagnosis of, or concern about a s- cific infection in, a mother during pregnancy that can be transmitted to the neonate or because of clinical findings in the neonate at birth that suggest an infectious cause.

Table of Contents

Part I. The Tools of Diagnosis Diagnostic Assays: Serology William Borkowsky Nonserologic Assays for Detection of Bacteria and Other Nonviral Infections Timothy J. Cleary Diagnosis of Viral Infections by Viral Isolation and Identification or by Direct Detection David Schnurr Placental Histopathology Edwina J. Popek Part II. Diagnosis of Specific Infections Herpes Simplex Virus David W. Kimberlin Cytomegalovirus Suresh B. Boppana Epstein-Barr Virus Suresh B. Boppana Varicella-Zoster Virus Anne A. Gershon Human Herpesviruses 6 and 7 Charles T. Leach Human Herpesvirus 8 Charles Wood and Charles D. Mitchell Rubella Cecelia Hutto Parvovirus B19 Mobeen H. Rathore Enteroviruses Mark J. Abzug Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 David Berman and Gwendolyn B. Scott Hepatitis Viruses Ravi Jhaveri and Yvonne Bryson Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Kevin A. Cassady Dengue Virus Enid J. Garcia-Rivera and Jose G. Rigau-Perez Syphilis Sithembiso Velaphi and Pablo J. Sanchez Group B Streptococcus Cecelia Hutto Listeria monocytogenes, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Other Bacteria Katherine M. Knapp Mycobacterium tuberculosis Kim Connelly Smith and Jeffrey R. Starke Toxoplasma gondii Aida Chaparro and Charles D. Mitchell Chlamydia trachomatis Margaret R. Hammerschlag Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma Ken B. Waites Candida Patricia Whitley-Williams Malaria Masako Shimamura Index

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Details

• NCID: BA74116093
• ISBN:
  • 1588292975
• LCCN: 2005006205
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Totowa, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 314 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RG629.I53
  • DC22 : 618.3/2075
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Communicable diseases in the fetus -- Diagnosis
  • LCSH : Neonatal infections -- Diagnosis
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA52030620