Nelson's Pocket Book of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy: 2008-2009

by Bradley, John S.; Nelson, John D.

• ISBN13: 9789507623745
• ISBN10: 9507623744
• Edition: 17th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-30
• Publisher: Editorial Medica Awwe

Summary

New edition

The new, updated edition of the book will include current information (as of November/December 2007) on anti-infective agents: antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, antimycobacterial drugs, and pathogen-specific immune globulin/monoclonal antibody products.

Based on the new recommended and available data on treatment options, there is a new chapter specifically on community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, a prominent new pediatric pathogen that has spread dramatically since the 2006-7 edition of Nelson's Pocket Book was written.

The book will also include bibliography of journal publications, reviews, and texts that were used to establish evidence-based recommendations on the agents most likely to be effective. The references will be available in the PDA version, and will be posted on the NelsonsPocketBook.com website.

Main sections:

* Antibiotic therapy for neonates

* Antimicrobial therapies for clinical syndromes

* Preferred antimicrobial for bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic pathogens, including the drug of choice and alternative agents

* Use of antimicrobials in specific clinical scenarios, such as serious infections, renal failure, and sequential antibiotic therapy

* Adverse reactions and interactions of drugs

Author Biography

John S. Bradley, M.D.

Director Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego. Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

NATIONAL COMMITTEES, CURRENT

2002-2006: US Food and Drug Administration, Anti-Infectives Advisory Committee.

2004-2010: American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases (Red Book Committee).

2002 -2006: Infectious Diseases Society of America: Task Force on Antimicrobial Drug Availability.

2003 - 2006: Advisor, Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, NCCLS).

2004 - 2010: Member, SubBoard of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, American Board of Pediatrics.

2006 - Present: National Foundation of Infectious Diseases, Annual Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance, Organizing and Scientific Committees.

John D. Nelson, M.D.

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Southwestern Medical School Dallas, Texas

EDUCATION

1952: University of Minnesota Medical School, BS Medicine

1954: University of Minnesota Medical School, MD

RESIDENCIES

1957-1959: Children's Medical Center of Dallas. Pediatrics

1954-1955: University of Minnesota, Minnesota. Internal Medicine

FELLOWSHIPS

1959-1960: UT Southwestern, Pediatric Infectious Disease

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Certification in the Basic Sciences, Minnesota State Board - June 4, 1955

Minnesota State License-February 4, 1955

Certification in the Basic Sciences, Texas State Board - August 1, 1970

Texas State License - January 14, 1961

Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, June, 1961

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

American Pediatric Society

American Society of Microbiology

Infectious Diseases Society of America

Pediatric Infectious Disease Society

Phillippine Pediatric Society (Honorary Fellow)