Tuberculosis

An Issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine

Neil W. Schluger (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2005
Saunders (Verlag)
978-1-4160-2811-6 (ISBN)

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In the United States, TB has emerged as a serious public health problem. 54 percent of active TB cases in 1999 were among African-American and Hispanic people, with an additional 20 percent found in Asians. This issue describes the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.

In the United States, TB has re-emerged as a serious public health problem. In addition to those with active TB, an estimated 10 to 15 million people in the United States are infected with M. Tuberculosis without displaying symptoms (latent TB) and about one in ten of these individuals will develop active TB at some time in their lives. Minorities are affected disproportionately by TB: 54 percent of active TB cases in 1999 were among African-American and Hispanic people, with an additional 20 percent found in Asians. This issue updates the reader on the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.

1.New Diagnostic Tools for Latent Tuberculosis and Active Disease (Schluger) 2.Tuberculosis Vaccines: Past, Present and Future (Geiter) 3.Genetic Susceptibility to Tuberculosis (Bellamy) 4.Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in the United States (Castro and Schneider) 5.Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (Sterling) 6.Global Epidemiology of TB (Raviglione and Maher) 7.The DOTS Strategy for Controlling the Global TB Epidemic (Frieden) 8.The Origin and Evolution of M. Tuberculosis (Behr) 9.Public/NGO/Private Partnership in TB Research and Disease Control (Pablos-Mendez) 10.TB and HIV (Burman) 11.Tuberculosis in Children (Saiman and Feja) 12.Molecular Epidemiology: A Tool for Understanding and Control of Tuberculosis Transmission (Daley) 13.New Drugs for Tuberculosis (O'Brien and Spigelman) 14.Treatment of Active Tuberculosis (Weis)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.2005
Reihe/Serie	The Clinics: Surgery ; v. 26-2
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, col. maps
Verlagsort	Philadelphia
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Pneumologie
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
ISBN-10	1-4160-2811-0 / 1416028110
ISBN-13	978-1-4160-2811-6 / 9781416028116
Zustand	Neuware