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9780340948408

Clinical Tuberculosis 4th Edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780340948408

  • ISBN10:

    034094840X

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-04-25
  • Publisher: CRC Press
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Summary

Over three previous editions, Clinical Tuberculosis has established itself as an indispensable guide to all aspects of tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment. This fully revised and updated fourth edition provides practical guidance to healthcare professionals involved in any aspect of patientmanagement or disease control; chapters are included on epidemiology, pathology, immunology, disease presentation, diagnosis, treatment and management options. The problem of TB associated with HIV infection is given special emphasis, as are the increasing problems of multi-drug resistant strains and environmentally opportunistic mycobacteria. Chapter authors have been hand-picked to represent the most up-to-date thinking in their particular subject areas,making Clinical Tuberculosis the essential reference work for the bookshelves of respiratory physicians, infectious disease specialists, public health workers and other individuals involved in the management and control of tuberculosis worldwide.

Table of Contents

Background
The history of tuberculosis from earliest times to the development of drugs
Epidemiology
Pathology and Immunology
Genotyping and its implications for transmission dynamics and tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the organism
The diagnosis of tuberculosis
Immunodiagnostic tests
Histopathology
Human immune response to tuberculosis
Clinical Aspects
Respiratory tuberculosis
Non-respiratory tuberculosis
Tuberculosis in childhood
Treatment
Clinical pharmacology of the antituberculosis drugs
Chemotherapy including drug-resistant therapy and future developments
New developments in treatment
International standards for tuberculosis care: integrating tuberculosis care and control
The surgical management of tuberculosis and its complications
Directly observed therapy and other aspects of management of tuberculosis care
DOTS and DOTS-Plus
Tuberculosis in Special Situations
The association between HIV and tuberculosis in the developing world, with special focus on sub-Saharan Africa
HIV and TB in industrialized countries
Tuberculosis and migration
Prevention
Preventive therapy
Clinical interpreation of tests for latent tuberculosis infection
BCG vaccination
Control
Control of tuberculosis in low-prevalence countries
Control of tuberculosis in high-prevalence countries
The role of the specialist TB nurse
Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015
Related Aspects
Environmental mycobacteria
Animal tuberculosis
Conclucions
Conclusions
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