Tuberculosis

by Finer, Kim Renee; Alcamo, I. Edward

• ISBN13: 9780791073094
• ISBN10: 0791073092
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub

Summary

Experts in the field of microbiology tell the great "detective stories" of how some of the world's best-known deadly disease-causing microbes were first isolated, identified, and studied. Readers learn how these deadly viruses and bacteria cause disease and what steps have been taken to eradicate them. Tuberculosis killed one out of every seven people living in the United States and Europe in the late 19th century. Today, tuberculosis is the second most fatal infectious disease, claiming the lives of two million people each year. Learn about this ancient disease that we are still striving to eliminate.

Table of Contents

Foreword
David Heymann, World Health Organization	6	(2)
1. Tuberculosis Throughout Time	8	(10)
2. Robert Koch, Selman Waksman, and the Near Defeat of Tuberculosis	18	(6)
3. The Tuberculosis Bacterium	24	(8)
4. Consumption: What Happens Once You Become Infected	32	(6)
5. Transmission from Organism to Organism	38	(8)
6. The Immune Response to Tuberculosis Infection	46	(6)
7. Screening for and Diagnosis of Tuberculosis	52	(10)
8. The BCG Vaccine	62	(8)
9. Treatment of Tuberculosis I: Sanatoriums and Early Drug Treatments	70	(10)
10. Treatment of Tuberculosis II: Modern Drug Therapy	80	(10)
11. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis	90	(8)
Glossary	98	(4)
Further Reading	102	(2)
Websites	104	(2)
Index	106

Excerpts

Effective antibiotics are available to treat tuberculosis, yet 2 billion people worldwide are infected and statistics indicate that 8 million more will become infected in the next 12 months. In fact, 2 or 3 million people will likely die from the disease each year. This title looks at the past, present, and future challenges of a disease that has plagued mankind since antiquity.