Evidence-Based Neonatal Infections

David Isaacs is a pediatrician based at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney and is Clinical Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Sydney. He has published 12 books, over 300 peer-reviewed publications on neonatal infections, pediatric infectious diseases, immunizations, bioethics and 30 humorous articles. His research interests are neonatal infections, respiratory virus infections, immunizations and ethics. Professor Isaacs is on multiple national and international committees on infectious diseases and immunizations and is a reviewer for the Cochrane Collaboration.

• About the Author, viPreface, vii1 How to search for evidence, 12 Epidemiology, 53 Clinical manifestations, 164 Laboratory tests, 215 Rational antibiotic use, 336 Adjunctive treatment, 487 Bacterial meningitis, 578 Respiratory tract infections, 709 Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis, 7810 Urinary tract infections, 8611 Necrotizing enterocolitis and gastrointestinal infections, 9412 Eye Infections, 10813 Skin and soft tissue Infections, 11714 Bacterial infections, 12815 Mycoplasmas, 15316 Fungal infections, 15917 Viral infections, 17518 Other congenital infections, 19919 Breast milk, 21420 Surveillance, 22321 Infection control, 22922 Developing countries, 24423 Prevention of neonatal infections, 25024 Neonatal antimicrobials, 269Index, 291

“This is a comprehensive, brief, and very clinical approach to neonatal infections with an international flavor.”  (Doody’s, 12 December 2014)“The book is a workable length and is best targeted at the neonatal fellow or pediatric resident with an interest in neonatology.  It should be widely used in the resident’s work space as a quick definitive guide to management of neonatal infections and as a tool for discussion of the wisdom of starting therapeutic agents and optimal approaches to the diagnostic challenges of the sick neonate.”  (Clinical Infectious Diseases, 22 August 2014)