Congenital and Perinatal Infections

Edited by Jennifer S. Read and Mark R. Schleiss

Provides the most up-to-date information for the diagnosis and management of bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections, including cytomegalovirus; emerging infections such as Zika virus; and timely re-emerging infections, such as syphilis. Features contributions from an internationally recognized team of pediatricians, obstetricians, and infectious disease specialists
Easy-to-use tables and figures summarize treatment guidelines, medication dosing, and other crucial information for quick and easy clinical reference
Includes summaries of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of each specific pathogen, along with the clinical manifestations and prevention of each agent
Emphasis on clinical management, not just diagnosis

Congenital and Perinatal Infections

Edited by Jennifer S. Read and Mark R. Schleiss

Description

CONGENITAL AND PERINATAL INFECTIONS provides a concise and clinically-oriented primer on the congenital and perinatal infections likely to present in clinical practice. Written with the busy clinician in mind, it combines easy accessibility with state-of-the-art information on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of congenital and perinatal infections.

Eschewing the notion that congenital and perinatal infections only encompass agents from the TORCH group of pathogens, this volume offers comprehensive information on the spectrum of viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections that can manifest in mother or child. Combined with its brevity and emphasis on clinical management, CONGENITAL AND PERINATAL INFECTIONS is a definitive new guide to understanding this challenging group of infections.

Congenital and Perinatal Infections

Edited by Jennifer S. Read and Mark R. Schleiss

Contributors
Part I: Viruses
1. Cytomegalovirus
2. Ebola and Other Filoviruses
3. Enterovirus
4. Hepatitis B
5. Hepatitis C
6. Hepatitis E
7. Herpes Simplex Virus
8. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
9. Human Papillomavirus
10. HTLV
11. LCMV
12. Parvovirus
13. Rubella
14. Zika
Part II: Parasites
15. Chagas
16. Toxoplasma Gondii
Part III: Bacteria
17. Chlamydia Trachomatis
18. Group B Streptococcus
19. Listeria
20. Syphilis
21. Ureaplasma
Index

Congenital and Perinatal Infections

Edited by Jennifer S. Read and Mark R. Schleiss

Author Information

Edited by Jennifer S. Read, Clinical Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, and Edited by Mark R. Schleiss, Professor and Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Minnesota

Jennifer S. Read, MD, MS, MPH, DTM&H, is Clinical Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California at San Francisco, and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine (Infectious Diseases Division, Children's National Medical Center) in Washington, D.C. Previously, Dr. Read spent almost 27 years within the Department of Health and Human Services, primarily at the National Institutes of Health, where her research focus was on congenital infections, especially human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and Zika.

Mark R. Schleiss, MD, is Professor and Director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He also holds the American Legion and Auxiliary Heart Research Foundation Endowed Research Chair. He has 30 years of experience as a pediatric infectious diseases clinician, physician-scientist, and educator. His laboratory studies mechanisms of pathogenesis and vaccine strategies targeting congenital cytomegalovirus infection and has been continuously funded since the 1990s by the National Institutes of Health, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Thrasher Foundation, and other agencies.

Contributors:

Mark J. Abzug
Jaime Altcheh
Anna I. Bakardjiev
Lisa M. Bebell
Shelly Ben-Harush Negari
Daniel J. Bonthius
Facundo Garcia Bournissen
Kenneth Boyer
Marc Bulterys
Shruti Chandramouli
Soren Gantt
Mark N. Gilroy
Margaret R. Hammerschlag
Paul T. Heath
Jonathan Robert Honegger
Barbara A. Jantausch
Christine E. Jones
Gonzague Jourdain
Jessica A. Kahn
Athena P. Kourtis
Lisa J. Krain
Emmaculate Lebo
Kirsty Le Doare
Pauline Levigne
Rima McLeod
Kevin Messacar
Hiroyuki Moriuchi
Guillermo Moscatelli
Kenrad E. Nelson
Amol Purandare
Susan Reef
Gabrielle A. Rizzuto
G. Ingrid J. G. Rours
Juan C. Salazar
Amy S. Sturt
Rose M. Viscardi
Ken B. Waites
Kelsey Wheeler