Tuberculosis

by Dyer, Carol A.

• ISBN13: 9780313372117
• ISBN10: 031337211X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: GREENWOOD PUBLISHING GROUP

Summary

This thought-provoking biography of tuberculosis presents medical, historical, and social perspectives on this reemergent threat.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xvii
Tuberculosis: Contagion and Cause	p. 1
The Mycobacterium Tuberculosis	p. 1
From Exposure to Infection	p. 5
From Infection to Disease	p. 5
The Development of Disease	p. 6
Discovering the Cause: The Germ Theory of Disease	p. 8
Signs and Certainty: Tuberculosis Symptoms and Diagnosis	p. 15
Symptoms	p. 15
The Tools of Diagnosis	p. 16
Tuberculin Skin Test	p. 17
Tuberculosis Blood Testing	p. 18
Chest X-Ray	p. 19
Smear and Culture Testing	p. 20
Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests	p. 20
Diagnosis in Developing Countries	p. 22
Tuberculosis in Subgroups of People	p. 24
Women	p. 24
Children	p. 25
Migration and Immigration	p. 27
The History of Tuberculosis	p. 29
Tuberculosis in Ancient Civilizations	p. 29
Tuberculosis in Europe: The Middle Ages through the 18th Century	p. 32
Tuberculosis in 19th-Century Europe	p. 36
The History of Tuberculosis in the United States	p. 40
Early Efforts to Tame Tuberculosis	p. 43
Hearing the Sounds of Tuberculosis	p. 43
Seeing Inside the Human Body-The Discovery of X-Rays	p. 45
The Tuberculin Skin Test-Human and Bovine Tuberculosis	p. 46
Early Treatments and Cures	p. 49
The Sanatorium Cure	p. 50
Surgical Intervention	p. 53
Prevention: The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccine	p. 54
Public Health Efforts	p. 56
Antibiotics: Treatment Success, Challenge, and Cure	p. 61
Streptomycin: Discovery of an Antibiotic to Fight Tuberculosis	p. 62
More Antibiotics to Treat Tuberculosis	p. 64
Strategies for Improving Treatment Adherence	p. 66
Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis	p. 68
Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis	p. 69
Side Effects of Tuberculosis Treatment	p. 71
Tuberculosis in the Arts: From the Ancients to Moulin Rouge!	p. 75
Tuberculosis and Literature	p. 75
Tuberculosis on the Stage	p. 78
Tuberculosis in the Movies	p. 80
Tuberculosis Sings the Blues	p. 81
Tuberculosis on Canvas	p. 82
Raising Awareness through the Arts	p. 85
Resurgence of the Social Disease: Tuberculosis Makes a Comeback	p. 89
The Social Disease	p. 89
Public Health Attitudes in the Early Post-Antibiotic Years	p. 91
The Resurgence of Tuberculosis in the United States	p. 92
The Resurgence of Tuberculosis in the United Kingdom	p. 95
Tuberculosis in Prisons: The States of the Former Soviet Union	p. 97
The Global Tuberculosis Crisis	p. 100
Tuberculosis and HIV Co-Infection	p. 100
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis	p. 104
The Major Targets of Tuberculosis Control	p. 107
Tuberculosis and the Future	p. 109
Future Drug Treatments for Tuberculosis	p. 111
Future Directions in Diagnostics	p. 113
The Future of Tuberculosis Vaccination	p. 114
Worldwide Tuberculosis: The Global Effort	p. 115
Eliminating Tuberculosis in the United States	p. 117
Tuberculosis Does Not Get the Last Word...	p. 119
Tuberculosis Timeline	p. 121
Glossary	p. 129
Bibliography	p. 133
Index	p. 143
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