Pediatric Infectious Diseases Revisited

Global control of infectious diseases by vaccination programs.- Potential impact of rotavirus vaccination on the mortality of children in developing countries.- Controversially discussed indications for immunization.- Gonorrheal ophthalmia neonatorum: historic impact of Credé's eye prophylaxis.- Malnutrition and infection in industrialized countries.- Better education through improved health and nutrition: Implications for early childhood development programs in developing countries.- Early childhood caries [ECC] and childhood periodontal diseases.- Role of the blood-brain barrier and blood-CSF barrier in the pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis.- The molecular basis of paediatric malarial disease.- Epidemiology and etiology of Kawasaki disease.- Helicobacter pylori infection in children.- Human metapneumovirus infection.- Avian influenza viruses: a severe threat of a pandemic in children?- Human papillomavirus infections in children.- New treatments for hepatitis B and C in children and adolescents.- Invasive fungal infections in children: advances and perspectives.- Pediatric aspects of bioterrorism.- Pediatric infectious diseases – Quo vadis 2015?