Completely updated and revised, the 29th 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.
CHAPTERS INCLUDE
- Antimicrobial Therapy According to Clinical Syndromes
- Antimicrobial Therapy for Neonates
- Choosing Among
- Antibiotics
- Antifungal Agents
- Antiviral Agents
- Antiparasitic Agents
- Oral Step-down Therapy for Serious Infections
- Prevention of Symptomatic Infection
- Approach to Antibiotic Allergies
- Antibiotic Stewardship
- Antibiotic Therapy for Children With Obesity
2023 Nelson’s Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy Twenty-ninth Edition
- Publisher : American Academy of Pediatrics; Twenty-ninth edition (February 15, 2023)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1610026500
- ISBN-13 : 978-1610026505
Contributing Editor
Jason Sauberan, PharmD
Jason Sauberan, PharmD, is research pharmacist, study coordinator, and investigator at the Neonatal Research Institute, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns in San Diego, CA. He also performs clinical duties as a neonatal intensive care pharmacist and antibiotic stewardship pharmacist for the Sharp Mary Birch 84-bed level III NICU, and as a pediatric consultant pharmacist at the Helen Bernardy Center for Medically Fragile Children, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego. His research interests include anti-infection therapy, drugs in breast milk, parenteral nutrition, and medication safety. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Mother to Baby California, and is an assistant clinical professor, UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Contributing Editor
J. Howard Smart, MD
Dr. Smart has been practicing General Pediatrics in San Diego since 1996, after completing his residency, which included working with Dr. Bradley at Children’s Hospital (now Rady’s). He is head of the Pediatrics department of his multi-specialty group, and teaches in the UCSD residents’ clinic. His involvement with Nelson’s started with a conversation with Dr. Bradley while flying to an AAP conference, discussing his hobby of mobile app development. Dr. Smart has been an app developer since 2011, and brings together the two knowledge domains of computer science and pediatrics in creating the mobile version of Nelson’s.
Contributing Editor
William J. Steinbach, MD
William Steinbach, MD is Professor of Pediatrics, Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Duke University. His expertise is in transplant infectious diseases, specifically in invasive fungal disease in children. He leads an integrated molecular, translational, and clinical research effort toward improving our understanding of invasive fungal disease epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment.