Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children II

Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity II provides a current view from leading experts concerning the hottest topics of concern to clinicians caring for children with infections. The book brings together a collection of manuscripts from a faculty of authors of international standing who contributed to a course in Paediatric Infection and Immunity in Oxford, UK in June 2004. TOC:Emerging Infections and Children: Influenza.- Chickenpox Party or Varicella Vaccine?- The ABC of Epstein-BarrVirus Infections.- The Immune Response to Viral Lower Respiratory Tract Infection.- Chronic Granulomatous Disease: From Genetic Defect to Clinical Presentation.- Novel Primary Immunodeficiencies.- Periodic Fever.- BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guerin) Vaccine.- Helminth Infections of Children: Prospects For Control.- Rabies on The Doorstep.- Prevention of Typhoid Fever.- Dexamethasone in the Treatment of Paediatric Bacterial Meningitis In Developing Countries: Is It Beneficial?- Should Dexamethasone be Part of Routine Therapy of Bacterial Meningitis in Industrialised Countries?- How to Interpret A CSF: the Art and the Science.- Reverse Vaccinology and Vaccines for Serogroup B Neisseria Meningitidis.