Current concepts of infections of the fetus and newborn infant -- Neonatal infections: a global perspective -- Obstetric factors associated with infections of the fetus and newborn infant -- Developmental immunology and role of host defenses in fetal and neonatal susceptibility to infection -- Human milk -- Bacterial sepsis and meningitis -- Bacterial infections of the respiratory tract -- Bacterial infections of the bones and joints -- Bacterial infections of the urinary tract -- Focal bacterial infections -- Microorganisms responsible for neonatal diarrhea -- Group B streptococcal infections -- Listeriosis -- Staphylococcal infections -- Gonococcal infections -- Syphilis -- Borrelia infections: lyme disease and relapsing fever -- Tuberculosis -- Chlamydia infections -- Mycoplasmal infections -- Bordetella pertussis and other bordetella spp. infections -- Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the infant -- Varicella, measles, and mumps -- Cytomegalovirus -- Enterovirus, parechovirus, and saffold virus infections -- Hepatitis -- Herpes simplex virus infections -- Human parvovirus -- Rubella -- Less common viral infections -- Toxaplasmosis -- Malaria and less common protozoan and helminth infections -- Candidiasis -- Pneumocystis and other less common fungal infections -- Health care-associated infections in the nursery -- Laboratory aids for diagnosis of neonatal sepsis -- Clinical pharmacology of antiinfective drugs -- Prevention of fetal and early life infections through maternal-neonatal immunization.