Diagnostic Imaging of Drug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Pu-Xuan Lu, Hong-zhou Lu, Yong-xiang Yi (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

267 Seiten

2024
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-99-8338-4 (ISBN)

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Tuberculosis is among the top 10 causes of death worldwide.The WHO clearly proposed that drug-resistant tuberculosis is one of the three major challenge in tuberculosis prevention and control .The book consists of detection of drug-resistant TB and its epidemics, laboratory examination for drug-resistant tubercle bacillus, pathogenic mechanism of drug-resistant TB and its diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, prevention and prognosis of drug-resistant pulmonary TB. This book also focuses on the information of classic cases of drug-resistant TB, including mono-drug-resistant (including Rifampicin resistance, etc.), multidrug-resistant, poly-drug-resistant, extensive-drug-resistant (pre-extensive-drug-resistant), drug-resistant bronchial TB, and pediatric drug-resistant, as well as AIDS complicated with drug-resistant TB, and diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant cervical TB lymphadenitis. The book also provided a comprehensive description and in-depth analysis for each selected case and a systematic explanation for latest cutting-edge issues, such as dynamic changes in images during the treatment of drug-resistant TB as well as the research and application of artificial intelligence in diagnosing drug-resistant TB, to further inspire our readers. This is a useful book to refer to for respiratory physicians, radiologists, and clinicians in preventive medicine, as well as government officials working in health policies.

Pu-Xuan Lu is a Chief Medical Specialist of Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control，Shenzhen Institute of Pulmonology ; first-level chief physician of The Third People’s Hospital of Shenzhen ; a professor and graduate supervisor of Guangdong Medical University. His research fields include diagnostic imaging and differential diagnosis of emerging infectious diseases, such as SARS, MERS, AIDS, human infected avian influenza, tuberculosis, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases as well as clinical and basic sciences of emerging infectious diseases. Professor Lu has edited or co-edited more than 20 academic treatise. Diagnostic Imaging of Emerging Infectious Diseases has been published by Springer in November 2015, which obtained national key award for book output in May 2017 by the General Administration of News and Publishing, China.In 2020, he co-edited Tuberculosis Control in Migrating Population in Springer, and won the third Springer Nature: China New Development Award in September 2021. Hongzhou Lu, M.D., Ph.D., the director of Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, a world-renowned scholar of infectious diseases, World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2021 (Stanford University), winner of the Charpak Dubousset Prize of the French National Academy of Medicine, fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Prof. Lu has long been dedicated to the basic research and clinical practice of infectious diseases. During the influenza A (H1N1, H7N9) and COVID-19 pandemics, he led the early treatment efforts and pioneered clinical and basic research on related diseases in Shanghai, making essential contributions to the prevention of disease epidemics in China. Professor Lu's work has been supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. He has published more than 500 research papers in international journals, including Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, and Cell Research et al. Yong-xiang Yi, MD, Vice President of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital. Distinguish Professor, Ph.D Supervisor of Nanjing University of Chinese medicine. National Excellent Hospital President. Experts rewarded special government allowances from the State Council. Vice Chairman of Infectious Disease Hospital of China Hospital Association.Vice Chairman of the Liver Disease Committee of the Chinese Association of Research Hospitals and Leader of the Liver Cancer Group. Chairman of infectious disease hospital of Jiangsu Hospital Association. Chairman of the Infectious Diseases of Jiangsu Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has been engaged in general surgery for more than 30 years, and has long been committed to the research of various complicate liver disease, gallbladder and pancreatic tumors, intestinal microbiota. He has conducted multiple national, provincial and municipal scientific research projects, published more than 60 SCI papers, written 7 professional books, and published 2 international patents.

Overview of drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- Occurrence and prevalence of drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- New laboratory tests for drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- Clinical classification, typing, and diagnosis of drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- Imaging diagnosis of single drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- Imaging diagnosis of multidrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- Imaging diagnosis of polydrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- Imaging diagnosis of extensive drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- Imaging diagnosis of Rifampicin resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- Application of Artificial Intelligence in the diagnosis of drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- Differential imaging diagnosis of drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- Prevention and prognosis of multidrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis.- Possible treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis and radiographic response to the treatment.

Erscheinungsdatum	16.03.2024
Zusatzinfo	42 Illustrations, color; 89 Illustrations, black and white; XX, 267 p. 131 illus., 42 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 279 mm
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Radiologie
Schlagworte	diagnostic imaging • Drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis • infectious disease • infectious disease imaging • Pulmonary tuberculosis imaging
ISBN-10	981-99-8338-X / 981998338X
ISBN-13	978-981-99-8338-4 / 9789819983384
Zustand	Neuware