TY - BOOK AU - Sharland,Mike ED - Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health TI - Manual of childhood infections: the blue book T2 - Oxford specialist handbooks in paediatrics SN - 9780198729228 PY - 2016/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Paediatrics KW - Communicable diseases KW - Diagnosis, differential N2 - Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of child morbidity and mortality worldwide. Now in its fourth edition, Manual of Childhood Infections is a simple-to-use, evidence-based, and practical handbook on how to recognize, investigate, and manage both common and rare infectious diseases in children and babies. Endorsed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, this fully updated version of the established 'Blue Book' complements the Pan European initiatives and UK diploma courses to harmonise patient management and training in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (PID), making it essential reading for UK and European paediatricians. Manual of Childhood Infections is divided into two alphabetized sections for easy access to information, covering key diagnosis and management features of infections alongside crucial points of epidemiology and clinical features ER -