Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections,

6. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-55581-513-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 654 Seiten, Format (B × H): 223 mm x 283 mm, Gewicht: 1814 g

The most popular reference among physicians for understanding and treating tuberculosis.

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schlossberg, David

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinische Mikrobiologie & Virologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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-Guérin 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, André A. Figueiredo, Antônio 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, José 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