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Clinical tuberculosis / edited by Peter D.O. Davies, Peter F. Barnes, Stephen B. Gordon.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Hodder Arnold, 2008.Edition: 4th edDescription: xvi, 555 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780340948408
  • 034094840X
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WF 141 C43
Contents:
History of tuberculosis from earliest times to the development of drugs / Charlotte Roberts, Jane Buikstra -- Epidemiology / Christopher Dye -- Genotyping and its implications for transmission dynamics and tuberculosis / Charles L. Daley -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis / John M. Grange -- Diagnosis of tuberculosis / Neil W. Schluger -- Immunodiagnostic tests / Melissa R. Nyendak, Deborah A. Lewinsohn, David M. Lewinsohn -- Histopathology / Sebastian B. Lucas -- Human immune response to tuberculosis / Stephan K. Schwander, Jerrold J. Ellner -- Respiratory tuberculosis / Stephen Gordon, Henry Mwandumba -- Non-respiratory tuberculosis / Peter Ormerod -- Tuberculosis in childhood / Delane Shingadia -- Clinical pharmacology of the antituberculosis drugs / Charles A. Peloquin -- Chemotherapy including drug-resistant therapy and future developments / Wing Wai Yew -- New developments in treatment / Quijiang Chen, William R. Bishai, Eric L. Nuermberger -- International standards for tuberculosis care / Philip C. Hopewell, Elizabeth L. Fair, Madhukar Pai --
Surgical management of tuberculosis and its complications / Peter Goldstraw -- Directly observed therapy and other aspects of management of tuberculosis care / S. Bertel Squire -- DOTS and DOTS-Plus / Sonya Shin, Jaime Bayona, Paul Farmer -- Association between HIV and tuberculosis in the developing world, with special focus on sub-Saharan Africa / Anthony D. Harries, Rony Zachariah -- HIV and TB in industrialized countries / Anton Pozniak -- Tuberculosis and migration / Paul Albert, Peter D.O. Davies -- Preventive therapy / Jean-Pierre Zellweger -- Clinical interpretation of tests for latent tuberculosis infection / Victoria J. Cook, Mark FitzGerald, Dick Menzies -- BCG vaccination / Hans L. Rieder -- Control of tuberculosis in low-prevalence countries / Daniel Sagebiel -- Control of tuberculosis in high-prevalence countries / Jayant N. Banavaliker -- Role of the specialist TB nurse / Susan Jamieson -- Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015 / Sarah England, Marcos Espinal, Mario Raviglione -- Environmental mycobacteria / John Banks, Ian A. Campbell -- Animal tuberculosis / Dirk U. Pfeiffer.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of tuberculosis from earliest times to the development of drugs / Charlotte Roberts, Jane Buikstra -- Epidemiology / Christopher Dye -- Genotyping and its implications for transmission dynamics and tuberculosis / Charles L. Daley -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis / John M. Grange -- Diagnosis of tuberculosis / Neil W. Schluger -- Immunodiagnostic tests / Melissa R. Nyendak, Deborah A. Lewinsohn, David M. Lewinsohn -- Histopathology / Sebastian B. Lucas -- Human immune response to tuberculosis / Stephan K. Schwander, Jerrold J. Ellner -- Respiratory tuberculosis / Stephen Gordon, Henry Mwandumba -- Non-respiratory tuberculosis / Peter Ormerod -- Tuberculosis in childhood / Delane Shingadia -- Clinical pharmacology of the antituberculosis drugs / Charles A. Peloquin -- Chemotherapy including drug-resistant therapy and future developments / Wing Wai Yew -- New developments in treatment / Quijiang Chen, William R. Bishai, Eric L. Nuermberger -- International standards for tuberculosis care / Philip C. Hopewell, Elizabeth L. Fair, Madhukar Pai --

Surgical management of tuberculosis and its complications / Peter Goldstraw -- Directly observed therapy and other aspects of management of tuberculosis care / S. Bertel Squire -- DOTS and DOTS-Plus / Sonya Shin, Jaime Bayona, Paul Farmer -- Association between HIV and tuberculosis in the developing world, with special focus on sub-Saharan Africa / Anthony D. Harries, Rony Zachariah -- HIV and TB in industrialized countries / Anton Pozniak -- Tuberculosis and migration / Paul Albert, Peter D.O. Davies -- Preventive therapy / Jean-Pierre Zellweger -- Clinical interpretation of tests for latent tuberculosis infection / Victoria J. Cook, Mark FitzGerald, Dick Menzies -- BCG vaccination / Hans L. Rieder -- Control of tuberculosis in low-prevalence countries / Daniel Sagebiel -- Control of tuberculosis in high-prevalence countries / Jayant N. Banavaliker -- Role of the specialist TB nurse / Susan Jamieson -- Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015 / Sarah England, Marcos Espinal, Mario Raviglione -- Environmental mycobacteria / John Banks, Ian A. Campbell -- Animal tuberculosis / Dirk U. Pfeiffer.

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