Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections,
American Society for Microbiology (Verlag)
978-1-55581-513-4 (ISBN)
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Presents the current science and tools available in the fight against tuberculosis, including drug-resistant forms, from international experts.
Features the latest preventive strategies, including vaccine development and explores the effect of tuberculosis on organ systems and value of surgery.
Examines present-day epidemiologic and public health issues, including airline-associated infection, tuberculosis in the developing world, and the role of the World Health Organization and departments of public health.
This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.
Table of Contents
I. General Considerations
1. Tuberculosis in History: Did It Change the Way We Live?, Thomas M. Daniel
2. Epidemiology and Host Factors, Asim K. Dutt
3. Pathophysiology and Immunology, Arthur M. Dannenberg
4. Laboratory Diagnosis and Susceptibility Testing, Gary W. Procop and Glenn D. Roberts
5. Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection, Alfred A. Lardizabal and Lee B. Reichman
6. Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection, Connie A. Haley
7. Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis, Thomas E. Dobbs and Risa M. Webb
8. Therapy of Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Barbara J. Seaworth and Robert N. Longfield
9. Role of Surgery in the Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis, Alan D. L. Sihoe and Wing Wai Yew
10. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin and New Vaccines against Tuberculosis, Timothy Lahey and C. Fordham von Reyn
11. Tuberculosis-a World Health Organization Perspective, Marcos A. Espinal and Mario C. Raviglione
12. Tuberculosis in Enclosed Populations, Sorana Segal-Maurer
13. Role of the Health Department-Legal and Public Health Considerations, Melisa Thombley, Kashef Ijaz, Beverly Metchock, and Philip LoBue
II. Clinical Syndromes
14. Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Mary E. Kreider and Milton D. Rossman
15. Upper Respiratory Tract Tuberculosis, Surinder K. Jindal and Ritesh Agarwal
16. Tuberculous Otomastoiditis, George A. Pankey
17. Ocular Tuberculosis, Daniel M. Albert, Robert J. Peralta, and Matthew J. Thompson
18. Central Nervous System Tuberculosis, John M. Leonard
19. Tuberculous Lymphadenitis and Parotitis, W. Garrett Hunt
20. Urogenital Tuberculosis, Andre A. Figueiredo, Antonio M. Lucon, and Miguel Srougi
21. Musculoskeletal Tuberculosis, Michael K. Leonard and Henry M. Blumberg
22. Cardiovascular Tuberculosis, John A. Crocco
23. Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis, Walter J. Coyle and Eric H. Choi
24. Tuberculous Peritonitis, Urvashi Vaid and Gregory C. Kane
25. Tuberculosis of the Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas, Thomas H. Taylor, Dalia Ibrahim, and James H. Lewis
26. Cutaneous Tuberculosis, Michael K. Hill and Charles V. Sanders
27. Miliary Tuberculosis, Surendra K. Sharma and Alladi Mohan
28. Endocrine and Metabolic Aspects of Tuberculosis, Emily A. Blumberg and Christopher Vinnard
29. Hematologic Complications of Tuberculosis, Randall A. Oyer and David Schlossberg
30. Tuberculosis in Infants and Children, Jeffrey R. Starke
31. Pregnancy: Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Considerations, David M. Fleece and Stephen C. Aronoff
32. Tuberculosis Associated with HIV Infection, Midori Kato-Maeda, Annie Luetkemeyer and Peter M. Small
33. Tuberculosis and Organ Transplantation, Jose M. Aguado and Nina Singh
34. Paradoxical Reactions and the Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome, Preston Church and Marc A. Judson
III. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
35. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: an Introduction, Henry Yeager
36. Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease, Jason E. Stout and Carol D. Hamilton
37. Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott and Richard J. Wallace, Jr.
38. Mycobacterium kansasii, James C. Johnston and Kevin Elwood
39. Mycobacterium marinum, Emmanuelle Cambau and Alexandra Aubry
40. Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, Edward A. Horowitz
41. Mycobacterium bovis and Other Uncommon Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex, Jaime Esteban and Noelia Alonso-Rodriguez
42. Other Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Marvin J. Bittner and Laurel C. Preheim
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.6.2011 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | DC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-55581-513-8 / 1555815138 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-55581-513-4 / 9781555815134 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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