The ideal time-saver for the busy clinician at the front lines of pediatric care, this handy guide delivers a practical 'how-to' perspective on diagnosis and treatment for a range of commonly encountered infections. Broad-based material helps you meet the challenges of a range of infectious disease states--from otitis media, sinusitis, and urinary tract infection...to hepatitis, cervical adenitis, pediatric tuberculosis, pneumonia, catheter infection, and more. Let these dynamic features guide your diagnostic and treatment choices: clinically essential material on specific drugs and dosages helps you select the best treatment for each patient, and alerts you to potentially hazardous dosing errors and drug interactions; section on accurate interpretation of laboratory tests outlines proper interpretive technique for a range of common tests and helps hone your diagnostic skills; consistent chapter template allows you to locate needed information quickly; and coverage of infection control in organ transplant recipients helps you meet the special needs of this patient population. Convenient size makes this an ideal quick-consult at the bedside, in the lab, or in the office.