| Contents |
The History of Tuberculosis from Earliest Times to the Development of Drugs / Charlotte A. Roberts, Jane E. Buikstra -- Epidemiology / Grant Theron, Ted Cohen and Christopher Dye -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- The Genetic Organism / William R. Jacobs, Jr. -- Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis / Divya Reddy and Jerrold J. Ellner -- Using Genotyping and Molecular Surveillance to Investigate Tuberculosis Transmission / Sarah Talarico, Laura F. Anderson, and Benjamin J. Silk -- Tuberculosis Transmission Control / Edward A. Nardell -- Diagnosis of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis / J. Lucian Davis -- Radiology of Mycobacterial Disease / Anne McB. Curtis, M.D -- Diagnosis of Latent TB Infection / Ajit Lalvani, Clementine Fraser and Manish Pareek -- Clinical Pharmacology of the Anti-tuberculosis drugs / Gerry Davies and Charles Peloquin -- New Developments in Drug Treatment / Alexander S. Pym, Camus Nimmo and James Millard -- BCG and Other Vaccines / Helen McShane and Rachel Tanner -- Pulmonary Tuberculosis / Charles S. Dela Cruz, Barbara Seaworth and Graham Bothamley -- Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis / Charles L. Daley -- Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-infection / Charisse Mandimika and Gerald Friedland -- Drug Resistant Tuberculosis -- Keertan Dheda, Aliasgar Esmail, Anzaan Dippenaar, Robin Warren, Jennifer Furin and Christoph Lange -- The Surgical Management of Tuberculosis and Its Complications / Richard S. Steyn -- Tuberculosis in Childhood and Pregnancy / Lindsay H. Cameron and Jeffrey R. Starke -- Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Including Risk Factors for the Development of Tuberculosis / Martin Dedicoat -- Treatment Guidelines for Active Drug Susceptible and Drug Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Latent Tuberculosis Infection / Lynn E. Sosa and Lloyd N. Friedman -- Tuberculosis Epidemic-Control : A Comprehensive Strategy To Drive Down Tuberculosis / Salmaan Keshavjee, Tom Nicholson, Aamir J. Khan, Lucica Ditiu, Paul E. Farmer and Mercedes C. Becerra -- Animal Tuberculosis / Catherine Wilson. |
| Abstract |
"Entirely updated and revised, the 6th edition of Clinical Tuberculosis continues to provide the TB physician with a definitive and erudite account of the latest techniques in diagnosis, treatment and control of TB, including an overview of the latest guidelines from the CDC and WHO"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed (04/09/21). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Clinical tuberculosis Sixth edition. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. 9780815370239 |
| LCCN | 2020013350 |
| ISBN | 9781351249966 (ePub ebook) |
| ISBN | 1351249967 (ePub ebook) |
| Standard identifier# |
10.1201/9781351249980 |
| Stock number | 9781351249980 Taylor & Francis |
| Stock number | 9781351249966 Ingram Content Group |
