Clinical Tuberculosis
Hodder Education (Verlag)
978-1-4441-5434-4 (ISBN)
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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 resistance
Updated content on the human immune response to the tubercle bacillus
Details of microscopic observation for drug sensitivity
Expanded sections on the management and control of TB both locally and globally
A wealth of new diagrams and clinical photographs
Access to companion eBook included with the print book
Peter D O Davies MA DM FRCP, Professor and Consultant Physician, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK Stephen B Gordon MA MD FRCP DTM&H, Head of Department, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK Geraint Davies BM FRCP PhD DTM&H, Reader in Infection Pharmacology and Consultant in Infectious Diseases, University of Liverpool, UK
Background
The History of Tuberculosis from Earliest Times to the Development of Drugs; Charlotte A. Roberts and Jane E. Buikstra
Epidemiology; Ted Cohen and Christopher Dye
Pathology and Immunology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis – The Organism; John M. Grange
Genotyping and Its Implications for Transmission Dynamics and Tuberculosis Control; Laura Anderson
Histopathology; Helen C. Wainwright
Diagnosis
Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection; Ajit Lalvani, Manish Pareek and Katrina Pollock
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis; Luis E. Cuevas
Tuberculosis Clinical Immunology; Robert S. Wallis
Clinical Aspects
Respiratory Tuberculosis; Aravind Ponnuswamy
Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System; Guy Thwaites
Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis; Peter Ormerod
Tuberculosis in Childhood; Delane Shingadia
Treatment
Clinical Pharmacology of the Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs; Abdullah AlSultan and Charles A. Peloquin
Chemotherapy Including Drug-Resistant Therapy; Gerry Davies
New Developments in Drug Treatment; Alexander S. Pym
The Surgical Management of Tuberculosis and Its Complications; Richard S. Steyn
Tuberculosis in Special Situations
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis Co-Infection; Keertan Dheda and Greg Calligaro
Tuberculosis and Migration; Einar Heldal
Tuberculosis and Poverty: A Clinical Perspective; S. Bertel Squire
Multi- and Extreme Drug Resistance: The Experience of India; Zarir F. Udwadia
Prevention
Preventive Therapy; Jean-Pierre Zellweger
Bacille Calmette–Guerin and Prospects for New Vaccines against Tuberculosis; Helen McShane
Control
Community Approaches to Tuberculosis Treatment; Kwonjune J. Seung and Michael L. Rich
Control of Tuberculosis in Low-incidence Countries; Ibrahim Abubakar and Robert Aldridge
Control of Tuberculosis in High-Prevalence Countries; Jayant N. Banavaliker
The Role of the Tuberculosis Nurse Specialist; Christine E. Bell
Related Aspects
Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria; Jakko van Ingen
Animal Tuberculosis; Dirk U. Pfeiffer and Leigh A. L. Corner
Conclusions
Conclusions
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2014 |
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| Zusatzinfo | VitaSource sticker on IFC; 44 Tables, black and white; 152 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
| Gewicht | 1293 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4441-5434-6 / 1444154346 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4441-5434-4 / 9781444154344 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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