Clinical Tuberculosis

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ISBN: 9781444154344

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Completely updated and revised, Clinical Tuberculosis continues to provide the TB practitioner—whether in public health, laboratory science or clinical practice—with a synoptic and definitive account of the latest methods of diagnosis, treatment and control of this challenging and debilitating disease.New in the Fifth Edition::Gamma interferon-based blood tests for the screening of latent infection New molecular techniques for diagnosing the species of Mycobacterium and identifying the gene for rifampicin resistanceUpdated content on the human immune response to the tubercle bacillusDetails of microscopic observation for drug sensitivity Expanded sections on the management and control of TB both locally and globallyA wealth of new diagrams and clinical photographsAccess to companion digital version included with the print book?

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Brand CRC Press

Reference 82684

EAN13 9781444154344

ISBN 9781444154344

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Publication date: 2014
Issue number: 5
Cover: hard cover
Pages count: 477
Dimensions (mm): 216 x 279
Weight (g): 1293

BackgroundThe History of Tuberculosis from Earliest Times to the Development of Drugs; Charlotte A. Roberts and Jane E. BuikstraEpidemiology; Ted Cohen and Christopher DyePathology and ImmunologyMycobacterium tuberculosis – The Organism; John M. GrangeGenotyping and Its Implications for Transmission Dynamics and Tuberculosis Control; Laura AndersonHistopathology; Helen C. WainwrightDiagnosisImmunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection; Ajit Lalvani, Manish Pareek and Katrina PollockDiagnosis of Tuberculosis; Luis E. CuevasTuberculosis Clinical Immunology; Robert S. WallisClinical AspectsRespiratory Tuberculosis; Aravind PonnuswamyTuberculosis of the Central Nervous System; Guy ThwaitesNon-Respiratory Tuberculosis; Peter OrmerodTuberculosis in Childhood; Delane ShingadiaTreatmentClinical Pharmacology of the Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs; Abdullah AlSultan and Charles A. PeloquinChemotherapy Including Drug-Resistant Therapy; Gerry DaviesNew Developments in Drug Treatment; Alexander S. PymThe Surgical Management of Tuberculosis and Its Complications; Richard S. SteynTuberculosis in Special SituationsHuman Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis Co-Infection; Keertan Dheda and Greg CalligaroTuberculosis and Migration; Einar HeldalTuberculosis and Poverty:: A Clinical Perspective; S. Bertel SquireMulti- and Extreme Drug Resistance:: The Experience of India; Zarir F. UdwadiaPreventionPreventive Therapy; Jean-Pierre ZellwegerBacille Calmette–Guerin and Prospects for New Vaccines against Tuberculosis; Helen McShaneControlCommunity Approaches to Tuberculosis Treatment; Kwonjune J. Seung and Michael L. RichControl of Tuberculosis in Low-incidence Countries; Ibrahim Abubakar and Robert AldridgeControl of Tuberculosis in High-Prevalence Countries; Jayant N. BanavalikerThe Role of the Tuberculosis Nurse Specialist; Christine E. BellRelated AspectsNon-Tuberculous Mycobacteria; Jakko van IngenAnimal Tuberculosis; Dirk U. Pfeiffer and Leigh A. L. CornerConclusionsConclusions