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Read Red Book 2018: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases [EBOOK PDF]
Read Red Book 2018:
Report of the
Committee on
Infectious Diseases
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5 Star Review 'The Red Book is the preeminent resource on pediatric infectious disease. This
book is a must for anyone seeing pediatric patients in a clinical setting. It should be on the desks
of everyone who cares for children, from nurses and midlevel providers to physicians and trainees.
There is just no other comparable resource available on pediatric infectious diseases.' Reviewed
by Maria Alcocer Alkureishi, MD (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine) for Doody's
Book Read more David W. Kimberlin, MD, FAAP is the Principal Investigator for the Collaborative
Antiviral Study Group (CASG), an international network of pediatric academic medical centers that
evaluates antiviral therapeutics in rare diseases with a large unmet medical need, including
neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections, congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease,
congenital Zika infection, neonatal and infantile influenza infection, and neonatal enteroviral sepsis
syndrome. Studies conducted by the CASG have led to new drug indications and label changes
for acyclovir, valganciclovir, and oseltamivir, and non-CASG studies conducted by Dr. Kimberlin
also have led to label changes for valacyclovir. Â Dr. Kimberlin is Editor of the 2018 AAP Report
of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (Red Book). He also was Editor of the 2015 edition, and
was an Associate Editor of the 2012 and 2009 editions. Dr. Kimberlin is a Past-President of the
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), which is the world's largest organization of
professionals dedicated to the treatment, control, and eradication of infectious diseases affecting
children. He also serves as Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research in the UAB
Department of Pediatrics, where he holds the Sergio Stagno Endowed Chair in Pediatric Infectious
Diseases and is Co-Director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.Sarah S. Long, MD,
FAAP is Section Chief of Infectious Diseases at St. Christopherâ€s Hospital for Children in
Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Long is also Professor of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of
Medicine.Dr. Long is an associate editor of The Journal of Pediatrics and is the chief editor of the
textbook Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. She has received numerous
teaching awards, the Distinguished Service Award of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, the
Clinical Teacher Award of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Award for Lifetime
Contribution to Infectious Diseases Education by the Section on Infectious Diseases of the
American Academy of Pediatrics.Dr. Long completed her medical degree at Jefferson Medical
College in Philadelphia, and her residency and fellowship at St. Christopherâ€s Hospital for
Children. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious disease, and her principal
areas of research are vaccine-preventable diseases and management of common infectious

diseases in children.