Congenital and Perinatal Infections
Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment

A concise, accessible and essential guide to the diagnosis, management and prevention of perinatal infections.

Marie-Louise Newell (Author), James McIntyre (Author)

9780521789790, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 August 2000

356 pages, 4 b/w illus. 49 tables
24.4 x 17 x 1.9 cm, 0.57 kg

'This book contains much good and up to date advice. It describes how access to newer laboratory techniques, such as those for toxoplasmosis or neonatal infection, offer new diagnostic opportunities but need careful interpretation … this book should be read … by all those preparing for the MRCOG examination, and should be accessible at antenatal clinics to answer those uncommon but important queries relevant to congenital or perinatal infections.' The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

Congenital and perinatal infections remain a stubborn and major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants throughout the world. This concise, accessible account provides an essential guide to the diagnosis, management and prevention of these infections. The first three chapters underline how and why infections during this critical period can be so devastating. The main section of the book focuses on individual infections, and emphasises effective intervention based on the very latest knowledge and techniques. Another unique feature of this account is its recognition that the severity and types of these infections vary considerably from country to country, and from the developing world to the developed world: the international team of experts involved in this compilation have striven to make this an account that will transcend these boundaries and be suitable for all doctors and allied health professionals around the world charged with the care of the mother and newborn.

Preface
Introduction James McIntyre and Marie-Louise Newell
Part I: 1. Infections in pregnancy: introduction Catherine Peckham
2. Pregnancy, immunity and infection Cyril van Gelderen
3. Maternal infections and their consequences Patrick Ramsey and Robert Goldenberg
4. Assessing the scientific value of screening for antenatal infections Edgardo Abalos, Metin Gulmezoglu and Guillermo Carroli
Part II: 5. Rubella infection in pregnancy Des Martin and Barry Schoub
6. Perinatal group B streptococcal infections Vibhuti Shah and Arne Ohlsson
7. Mother-to-child transmission of cytomegalovirus Marie-Louise Newell
8. Varicella Justus Hofmeyr
9. Herpes simplex Marianne Forsgren and Gunilla Malm
10. Vertical transmission of hepatitis viruses Laurent Mandelbrot and Marie-Louise Newell
11. Papillomavirus infections as a perinatal problem: diagnosis, prevention and management Mirja Puranen and Stina Syrjanen
12. HIV-1 infection Glenda Gray, James McIntyre and Marie-Louise Newell
13. Syphilis: prevention, diagnosis and management during pregnancy and infancy Bob Pattinson and Suzanne Delport
14. The other sexually transmitted diseases Paolo Miotti and Gina Dallabetta
15. Toxoplasmosis Ruth Gilbert
16. Neonatal sepsis Daynia Ballot.

Subject Areas: Paediatric medicine [MJW], Medicine [M]