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Congenital and perinatal infections : a concise guide to diagnosis



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Diagnostic assays: serology -- Nonserologic assays for detection of bacteria and other nonviral infections -- Diagnosis of viral infections by viral isolation and identification or by direct detection -- Placental histopathology -- Herpes simplex virus -- Cytomegalovirus -- Epstein-Barr virus -- Varicella-Zoster virus -- Human herpesviruses 6 and 7 -- Human herpesvirus 8 -- Rubella -- Parvovirus B19 -- Enteroviruses -- Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 -- Hepatitis viruses -- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus -- Dengue virus -- Syphilis -- Group B streptococcus -- Listeria monocytogenes, neisseria gonorrhoeae, and other bacteria -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Toxoplasma gondii -- Chlamydia trachomatis -- Mycoplasma and ureaplasma -- Candida -- Malaria.
Abstract

In this title, a distinguished panel of pediatric and infectious disease specialists present in an easily accessible format all the information needed to diagnose a wide variety of infections in both the pregnant woman and the neonate. Organized by specific infection or related infections, the book provides pertinent information about the epidemiology of each infection in the pregnant woman and her neonate, as well as the risk of transmission to the fetus or neonate, the spectrum of clinical disease, and a recommended approach to the diagnosis of the infection in both the mother and neonate.


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