A review of the effects of infection on the pregnant woman and her infant and the effects of pregnancy and immaturity on the natural history of infectious diseases. This book also covers major congenital and perinatally-transmitted infections and other topics, including host responses to infection in pregnancy and the newborn baby, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, group B streptococcal infection, neonatal sepsis and antimicrobial therapy in pregnant women and neonates.