Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children V

Shiga-Toxin Producing Escherichia coli and the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: What Have We Learned in the Past 25 Years?.- Global Epidemiology of Pneumococcal Disease-New Prospects for Vaccine Control.- Current Concepts of the Pathogenesis of RSV Bronchiolitis.- How Can We Eradicate Pertussis.- Recognition and Management of Encephalitis in Children.- Microbiology and Management of Pleural Empyema.- Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Probe Studies: The Solution Points to the Problem.- New Findings in Primary Immunodeficiency.- Routine Use of Influenza Vaccine.- Challenges in the Evaluation and Management of Bone and Joint Infections and the Role of New Antibiotics for Gram Positive Infections.- The Significance of Serotype Replacement for Pneumococcal Disease and Antibiotic Resistance.- Childhood Intra-thoracic Tuberculosis.- The Antibiotic Pipeline in Pediatrics.- Paediatric Drug Development and Clinical Trials.- Influenza in Pregnancy: The Case for Prevention.- Febrile Neutropenia in Children with Cancer.- The PANDAS Syndrome.- Fever in the Returned Paediatric Traveller.- Molecular Diagnostics of Primary Immunodeficiencies: Benefits and Future Challenges.- Human Genetic Resistance to Malaria.