Anthony Harnden, MB ChB, MSc, FRCGP, FRCPCH

University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Isaacs D. Evidence-based pediatric infectious diseases. West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007.

Perhaps the title should be evidence-based management of paediatric infectious diseases, which is the essence of this competent book edited by an ensemble of experienced international authors familiar with the methods of evidence-based medicine. The editorial team forms a nice blend of disciplines: clinical paediatric infectious disease, clinical epidemiology, microbiology, and teaching, and the resulting flavour of the text is highly palatable.

There is a systematic attempt to cite high-quality evidence when available, although it is clear that for many infections there is a void of evidence in …