" Completely updated and revised, the 29th edition of this best-selling reference provides instant access to the latest recommendations for treatment of infectious diseases in children. For each disease, the authors provide a commentary to help select the best of all antimicrobial choices. Drug descriptions cover all antimicrobial agents available today and include complete information about dosing regimens." -- Provided by publisher.

Antimicrobial therapy according to clinical syndromes --Antimicrobial therapy for neonates -- Preferred therapy for specific bacterial and mycobacterial pathogens -- Choosing among antibiotics within a class: beta-lactams and beta-lactamase inhibitors, macrolides, aminoglycosides, and fluoroquinolones -- Preferred therapy for specific fungal pathogens -- Choosing among antifungal agents: polyenes, azoles, and echinocandins -- Preferred therapy for specific viral pathogens -- Choosing among antiviral agents -- Preferred therapy for special parasitic agents -- Choosing among antiparasitic agents: antimalarial drugs, nitroimidazoles, benzimidazoles, and neglected tropical diseases -- How antibiotic dosages are determined by use of susceptibility data, pharmacodynamics, and treatment outcomes -- Approach to antibiotic therapy for drug-resistant gram-negative bacilli and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus -- Antibiotic therapy for children with obesity -- Sequential parenteral-oral antibiotic therapy (oral step-down therapy) for serious infections -- Antimicrobial prophylaxis/prevention of symptomatic infection -- Approach to antibiotic allergies -- Antibiotic stewardship -- Systemic and topical antimicrobial dosing and dose forms.