Common Bacterial Infections in Infancy and Childhood: Diagnosis and Treatment

Paediatrics is distinguished from general medicine by the different spectrum of disease encountered, and the interplay of disease and development within the growing child. Thus, clinical management taxes acumen, experience, and factual knowledge in a particularly challenging way. Infectious disease problems and their attendant pressures continue to dominate paediatric practice. As improvements in care approach marginal proportions, the onus on clinicians to provide prompt diagnosis and appr...