Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, second edition, is now available on AccessPediatrics. This edition contains 19 revised sections and 75 complete chapters to make up the most practice-oriented guide to diagnosing and managing infectious diseases in children. Simply put, Editor Samir S. Shah and Associate Editors Alex R. Kemper and Adam J. Ratner envision the book as a daily infectious diseases consultant to the practicing pediatrician.
Let's take a look at what's new in the revised edition of Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice. The latest features include chapters on both quality improvement and anti-infective agents, as well as a greater emphasis on communication about vaccine safety and risk for pediatric patients.
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Chapter 7: Quality Improvement in Infectious Diseases
- Chapter 8: Antibacterial Agents
- Chapter 9: Antifungal Agents
Explore more revised content and take a look at some of the figures used in the second edition below:
Life cycle of an immunization program.

Diagram of cervical lymph node anatomy.

Source: Shah SS, Kemper AR, Ratner AJ. Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e; 2019.