Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children IX (2013)

Innovation for the 'bottom 100 million': eliminating neglected tropical diseases in the Americas.- Non-typhoidal Salmonella in children: microbiology, epidemiology and treatment.- Invasive fungal infections in patients with chronic granulomatous disease.- Clostridium difficile in children: a review of existing and recently uncovered evidence.- Diarrhea among children in developing countries.- Building confidence in vaccines.- Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis.- Recognition and treatment of chlamydial infections from birth to adolescence.- Treatment of resistant bacterial infections in children: thinking inside and outside the box.- An encephalitis primer.- The evidence behind prophylaxis and treatment of wound infection after surgery.- Infectious risks associated with biologics.- Cat scratch disease and other Bartonella infections.- When to think of Immunodeficiency?.- Mycetoma by Madurella mycetomatis: A completely neglected medico-social dilemma.- Elucidation and clinical role of emerging viral respiratory tract infections in children.- Urinary tract infections in children: microbial virulence versus host susceptibility.- Preventing urinary tract infections in early childhood.- How to get and get rid of gonorrhoea.- Management of severe malaria: results from recent trials. When to think of Immunodeficiency?.- Mycetoma by Madurella mycetomatis: A completely neglected medico-social dilemma.- Elucidation and clinical role of emerging viral respiratory tract infections in children.- Urinary tract infections in children: microbial virulence versus host susceptibility.- Preventing urinary tract infections in early childhood.- How to get and get rid of gonorrhoea.- Management of severe malaria: results from recent trials.