Infectious Diseases

Croup and Your Child - Fact sheet by American Academy of Family Physicians provides answers to common questions.
familydoctor.org/220.xml

Group B Streptococcal Infections - Learn about Group B streptococcus, a type of bacterium that causes life threatening infections in newborn babies.
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/groupbstrep_g.htm

Infection Detection Protection - Site for kids explaining various bacteria, and ways to prevent infections and diseases. Some sections require additional plug-ins.
www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/

Infectious Diseases in Children - Monthly news for pediatricians, covers new drugs and procedures for diagnosing and testing pediatric infectious diseases.
www.slackinc.com/child/idc/idchome.htm

Keep Kids Healthy - Tuberculosis information and answers to common questions about TB in children, including the difference between tuberculosis infection and disease, how it is spread, symptoms, and treatments.
www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/infectionsguide/tuberculosis.html

National Pediatric AIDS Network - A resource for information on children and adolescents with HIV or AIDS.
www.npan.org/