Ed by Marie-Louise Newell, James McIntyre. £37.95; Pp 342. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0 521 78979 6.

I liked this book. An alternative title could be “An evidence based review of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of congenital and perinatal infection.” The editors, both recognised experts in perinatal infection, persuaded an international panel to provide up to date reviews of particular perinatal infections with key references up to 1999/2000. Despite clearly a short production time an inevitable weakness is that new data have become available after going to press. To keep costs down there are few illustrations and a lot of text. …