Book review

摘要

The goal of this book is to be a concise clinical reference that facilitates the diagnosis of intrauterine and perinatally acquired infections. The initial chapters (‘The tools of diagnosis’) provide general information about the serological and non-serological assays that are used for the diagnosis of infections and include a specific chapter on the placenta. The remainder of the book is devoted to the diagnosis of 22 specific congenital or perinatally acquired infections, ranging from the rare (lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, Epstein–Barr virus) to the more common (group B streptococcus, cytomegalovirus (CMV), HIV).