The sixth edition of this best-selling Red Book® image companion aids in the diagnosis and treatment of 168 of the most commonly seen pediatric infectious diseases. This edition features COVID-19, Mpox, SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV, Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections, and so much more.
Streamline disease recognition and clinical decision-making with more than 1,425 finely detailed color images, combined with updated step-by-step guidelines.
Concise text descriptions walk the reader through the diagnosis, evaluation, and management essentials for each condition, including:
Clinical manifestations
Epidemiology
Diagnostic tests
Etiology
Incubation period
Treatment
This fully revised edition includes:
168 chapters, based on the latest Red Book® policy
New chapter on COVID-19
New chapter on Mpox
136 new images in this edition
Every chapter updated
Websites have been verified and updated for accessibility
And more!
By:
American Academy of Pediatrics AAP
Edited by:
Tina Q. Tan
Imprint: American Academy of Pediatrics
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Sixth Edition
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781610028226
ISBN 10: 1610028228
Pages: 1100
Publication Date: 15 October 2025
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface 1. Actinomycosis 2. Adenovirus Infections 3. Amebiasis 4. Amebic Meningoencephalitis and Keratitis (Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba species, and Balamuthia mandrillaris) 5. Anthrax 6. Arboviruses (Including Cache Valley, Colorado Tick Fever, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Heartland, Jamestown Canyon, Japanese Encephalitis, La Crosse, Powassan, St Louis Encephalitis, Tick-borne Encephalitis, and Yellow Fever Viruses) 7. Arcanobacterium haemolyticum Infections 8. Ascaris lumbricoides Infections 9. Aspergillosis 10. Astrovirus Infections 11. Babesiosis 12. Bacillus cereus Infections and Intoxications 13. Bacterial Vaginosis 14. Bacteroides, Prevotella, and Other Anaerobic Gram-Negative Bacilli Infections 15. Balantidium coli Infections (Balantidiasis) 16. Bartonella henselae (Cat-Scratch Disease) 17. Baylisascaris Infections 18. Infections With Blastocystis Species 19. Blastomycosis 20. Bocavirus 21. Borrelia Infections Other Than Lyme Disease (Relapsing Fever) 22. Brucellosis 23. Burkholderia Infections 24. Campylobacter Infections 25. Candidiasis 26. Chancroid and Cutaneous Ulcers 27. Chikungunya 28. Chlamydia pneumoniae 29. Chlamydia psittaci (Psittacosis, Ornithosis, Parrot Fever) 30. Chlamydia trachomatis 31. Botulism and Infant Botulism (Clostridium botulinum) 32. Clostridial Myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene) 33. Clostridioides difficile (Formerly Clostridium difficile) 34. Clostridium perfringens Foodborne Illness 35. Coccidioidomycosis 36. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 37. Coronaviruses, Including MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-1 38. Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Infections (Cryptococcosis) 39. Cryptosporidiosis 40. Cutaneous Larva Migrans 41. Cyclosporiasis 42. Cystoisosporiasis (Formerly Isosporiasis) 43. Cytomegalovirus Infection 44. Dengue 45. Diphtheria 46. Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Related Infections (Human Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis, and Related Infections Attributable to Bacteria in the Family Anaplasmataceae) 47. Serious Neonatal Bacterial Infections Caused by Enterobacterales (Including Septicemia and Meningitis) 48. Enterovirus (Nonpoliovirus) (Group A and B Coxsackieviruses, Echoviruses, Numbered Enteroviruses) 49. Epstein-Barr Virus Infections (Infectious Mononucleosis) 50. Escherichia coli Diarrhea (Including Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome) 51. Other Fungal Diseases 52. Fusobacterium Infections (Including Lemierre Syndrome) 53. Giardia duodenalis (Formerly Giardia lamblia and Giardia intestinalis) Infections (Giardiasis)… 54. Gonococcal Infections 55. Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis) 56. Haemophilus influenzae Infections 57. Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome 58. Helicobacter pylori Infections 59. Hemorrhagic Fevers Caused by Arenaviruses 60. Hemorrhagic Fevers Caused by Bunyaviruses 61. Hemorrhagic Fevers Caused by Filoviruses: Ebola and Marburg 62. Hepatitis A 63. Hepatitis B 64. Hepatitis C 65. Hepatitis D 66. Hepatitis E 67. Herpes Simplex 68. Histoplasmosis 69. Hookworm Infections (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma species) 70. Human Herpesvirus 6 (Including Roseola) and 7 71. Human Herpesvirus 8 72. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection 73. Human Papillomaviruses 74. Influenza 75. Kawasaki Disease 76. Kingella kingae Infections 77. Legionella Infections 78. Leishmaniasis 79. Leprosy 80. Leptospirosis 81. Listeria monocytogenes Infections (Listeriosis) 82. Lyme Disease (Lyme Borreliosis, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato Infection) 83. Lymphatic Filariasis (Bancroftian, Malayan, and Timorian) 84. Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus 85. Malaria 86. Measles 87. Meningococcal Infections 88. Human Metapneumovirus 89. Microsporidia Infections (Microsporidiosis) 90. Molluscum Contagiosum 91. Moraxella catarrhalis Infections 92. Mpox 93. Mumps 94. Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Other Mycoplasma Species Infections 95. Nocardiosis 96. Norovirus and Sapovirus Infections 97. Onchocerciasis (River Blindness, Filariasis) 98. Paracoccidioidomycosis (Formerly Known as South American Blastomycosis) 99. Paragonimiasis 100. Parainfluenza Viral Infections 101. Parasitic Diseases 102. Parechovirus Infections 103. Parvovirus B19 (Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease) 104. Pasteurella Infections 105. Pediculosis Capitis (Head Lice) 106. Pediculosis Corporis (Body Lice) 107. Pediculosis Pubis (Pubic Lice, Crab Lice) 108. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 109. Pertussis (Whooping Cough) 110. Pinworm Infection (Enterobius vermicularis) 111. Pityriasis Versicolor (Formerly Tinea Versicolor) 112. Plague 113. Pneumocystis jirovecii Infections 114. Poliovirus Infections 115. Polyomaviruses (BK, JC, and Other Polyomaviruses) 116. Prion Diseases: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 117. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections 118. Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii Infection) 119. Rabies 120. Rat-Bite Fever 121. Respiratory Syncytial Virus 122. Rhinovirus Infections 123. Rickettsial Diseases 124. Rickettsialpox 125. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever 126. Rotavirus Infections 127. Rubella 128. Salmonella Infections 129. Scabies 130. Schistosomiasis 131. Shigella Infections 132. Smallpox (Variola) 133. Sporotrichosis 134. Staphylococcal Food Poisoning 135. Staphylococcus aureus 136. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcal Infections 137. Group A Streptococcal Infections 138. Group B Streptococcal Infections 139. Non-Group A or B Streptococcal and Enterococcal Infections 140. Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pneumococcal) Infections 141. Strongyloidiasis (Strongyloides stercoralis) 142. Syphilis 143. Tapeworm Diseases (Taeniasis and Cysticercosis) 144. Other Tapeworm Infections (Including Hydatid Disease) 145. Tetanus (Lockjaw) 146. Tinea Capitis (Ringworm of the Scalp) 147. Tinea Corporis (Ringworm of the Body) 148. Tinea Cruris (Jock Itch) 149. Tinea Pedis and Tinea Unguium (Onychomycosis) (Athlete’s Foot, Ringworm of the Feet) 150. Toxocariasis 151. Toxoplasma gondii Infections (Toxoplasmosis) 152. Trichinellosis (Trichinella spiralis and Other Species) 153. Trichomonas vaginalis Infections (Trichomoniasis) 154. Trichuriasis (Whipworm Infection) 155. African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness) 156. American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas Disease) 157. Tuberculosis 158. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (Environmental Mycobacteria, Mycobacteria Other Than Mycobacterium tuberculosis) 159. Tularemia 160. Louse-borne Typhus (Epidemic or Sylvatic Typhus) 161. Murine Typhus (Endemic or Flea-borne Typhus) 162. Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum Infections 163. Varicella-Zoster Virus Infections 164. Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) 165. Other Vibrio Infections 166. West Nile Virus 167. Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections (Enteritis and Other Illnesses) 168. Zika Index
The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP is the largest pediatric publisher in the world, with a diverse list of resources that includes essential clinical and practice management titles and award-winning books for parents. Tina Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS is Professor of Pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; and a Pediatric Infectious Diseases attending, Medical Director of the International Patient and Destination Services Program (IPS), co-Director of the Pediatric Travel Medicine Clinic; and Director of the International Adoptee Clinic at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. She is currently serving as the President of the Lurie Children's Hospital Medical/Dental Staff. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
