title: Fever without apparent source on clinical examination, infectious diseases, and lower respiratory infections in children.
abstract: This section focuses on issues in infectious diseases that are commonly encountered in pediatric office practice. Paul McCarthy discusses recent literature regarding the evaluation and management of acute fevers without apparent source on clinical examination in infants and children, and the evaluation of children with prolonged fevers of unknown origin. Jean Klig reviews recent literature about lower respiratory tract infection in children. Jeffrey Kahn and Eugene Shapiro discuss recent developments in pediatric infectious diseases concerning neonatal herpes infections, poliovirus immunization schedule, and group B streptococcus screening and treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8064, USA.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klig
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000175:diagnosis; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000517:prevention & control; D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae
chemical_list: D011054:Poliovirus Vaccine, Inactivated