Tuberculosis : the essentials.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raviglione, Mario C.

Series:

Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 237.

Lung biology in health and disease ; 237

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuberculosis.

Medical Subjects:

Tuberculosis.

Physical Description:

xvi, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Fourth edition / edited by Mario C. Raviglione.

Place of Publication:

New York : Informa Healthcare, [2010]

Contents:

The global tuberculosis epidemic : scale, dynamics, and prospects for control / Christopher Dye and Philippe Glaziou

The epidemiology of tuberculosis / Megan Murray

Pathogenesis of tuberculosis : new insights / Nicholas A. Be, William R. Bishai, and Sanjay K. Jain

Diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis / Phung K. Lam, Antonino Catanzaro, and Sharon Perry

Treatment of tuberculosis / Philip C. Hopewell

Tuberculosis/HIV coinfection : epidemiology, clinical aspects, and programmatic interventions / Alasdair Reid, Haileyesus Getahun, and Enrico Girardi

Diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis / Kwonjune Seung and Michael L. Rich

Achieving higher case detection and cure rates : national programs and beyond / Knut Lönnroth ... [et al.]

Antituberculosis drug resistance in the world : the latest information / Abigail Wright and Matteo Zignol

Programmatic management of HIV-associated tuberculosis / Anthony D. Harries and Paul P. Nunn

WHO's stop TB strategy : progress and prospects / Mukund Uplekar, Diana Weil, and Mario C. Raviglione

New diagnostics for tuberculosis : status of development / Mark D. Perkins and Richard J. O'Brien

New drugs for tuberculosis / Ann Ginsberg and Melvin Spigelman

The future of tuberculosis vaccinology / Jelle Thole, Ruth Griffin, and Douglas Young.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Reichman and Hershfield's tuberculosis. 3rd ed. / edited by Mario C. Raviglione. c2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781420090215

1420090216

OCLC:

229022754