2024 Nelson's Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy

Completely updated and revised, the 30th edition of this best-selling reference provides instant access to the latest recommendations for treatment of infectious diseases in children.

For each disease, the authors provide a commentary to help select the best of all antimicrobial choices.
Drug descriptions cover all antimicrobial agents available today and include complete information about dosing regimens. Free updates are available at aap.org/Nelsons.

New in the 30th Edition

• Updated multiple drug-resistant gram-negative pathogens treatment recommendations with newly approved antibiotics
• Newer antibiotics, beyond vancomycin, to treat MRSA infections
• Updates on children's influenza, COVID-19, and enterovirus treatments
• Updates on travelers' diarrhea
• Latest guidelines for treatment of invasive pediatric fungal infections
• New guidelines for treatment of pediatric bacterial arthritis
• Recommendations on hepatitis C virus and cytomegalovirus treatment options

CHAPTERS INCLUDE

• Antimicrobial Therapy According to Clinical Syndromes
• Antimicrobial Therapy for Neonates
• Choosing Among
  • Antibiotics
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Antiparasitic Agents
• Preferred Therapy for Specific Bacterial and Mycobacterial Pathogens; Fungal Pathogens; Viral Pathogens; and Parasitic Pathogens
• Approach to Antibiotic Therapy for Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
• Systemic and Topical Antimicrobial Dosing and Dose Forms
• Sequential Parenteral-Oral Antibiotic Therapy (Oral Step-Down Therapy) for Serious Infections
• Antimicrobial Prophylaxis/Prevention of Symptomatic Infection
• Approach to Antibiotic Allergies
• Antibiotic Stewardship
• Antibiotic Therapy for Children With Obesity
• And more...

Author: John S. Bradley
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Published: 03/15/2024
Pages: 383
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 6.50h x 4.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781610026963

About the Author
John S. Bradley, MD, FAAP, has been the Medical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego since 1988, and is currently Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He has served on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases (Red Book Committee) 2004-2010, and the Council of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) Council, 2007-2011 where he promoted the development of a PIDS Antimicrobial Stewardship program.

John D. Nelson, MD is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, the same institution since he started his career back in 1957. At UT Southwestern he established the first formal Pediatric Infectious Disease fellowship program with Dr. Kenneth Haltalin and later Dr. George McCracken. He also went on to establish the National Pediatric Infectious Disease Seminar with Dr. McCracken and in 1982 they founded the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal for which they continue as Chief Editors. In 1975 Dr. Nelson produced the first edition of the Pocket Book of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy which has gone through 20 biennial editions and is now edited by Dr. John Bradley.


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