Congenital and Perinatal Infections: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment

by Marie-Louise Newell , James McIntyre

• ISBN13: 9780521789790
• ISBN10: 0521789796
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Congenital and perinatal infections remain a stubborn and major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants throughout the world. This concise, accessible account provides an essential guide to the diagnosis, management, and prevention of these infections. The first three chapters underline how and why infections during this critical period can be so devastating. The main section of the book focuses on individual infections, and emphasizes effective intervention based on the very latest knowledge and techniques. Another unique feature of this account is its recognition that the severity and types of these infections vary considerably from country to country, and from the developing world to the developed world. The international team of experts involved in this compilation have striven to make this an account that will transcend these boundaries and be suitable for all doctors and allied health professionals around the world charged with the care of the mother and newborn.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Preface	xi
Part I General issues
Infections in pregnancy: introduction	3	(12)
Catherine S. Peckham
Pregnancy, immunity and infection	15	(17)
Cyril J. van Gelderen
Maternal infections and their consequences	32	(32)
Patrick S. Ramsey
Robert L. Goldenberg
Assessing the scientific value of screening for antenatal infections	64	(19)
Edgardo J. Abalos
A. Metin Gulmezoglu
Guillermo Carroli
Part II Specific infections
Rubella infection in pregnancy	83	(13)
Desmond Martin
Barry Schoub
Perinatal Group B streptococcal infections	96	(26)
Vibhuti Shah
Arne Ohlsson
Mother-to-child transmission of cytomegalovirus	122	(13)
Marie-Louise Newell
Varicella	135	(10)
G. Justus Hofmeyr
Herpes simplex	145	(19)
Marianne Forsgren
Gunilla Malm
Vertical transmission of hepatitis viruses	164	(41)
Laurent Mandelbrot
Marie-Louise Newell
Papillomavirus infections as a perinatal problem: diagnosis, prevention and management	205	(27)
Mirja Puranen
Stina Syrjanen
HIV-1 infection	232	(26)
Glenda Gray
James McIntyre
Marie-Louise Newell
Syphilis: prevention, diagnosis and management during pregnancy and infancy	258	(18)
Suzanne D. Delport
Robert C. Pattinson
The other sexually transmitted diseases	276	(29)
Paolo Miotti
Gina Dallabetta
Toxoplasmosis	305	(16)
Ruth Gilbert
Neonatal sepsis	321	(16)
Daynia E. Ballot
Index	337