MDR & XDR of tuberculosis / Prasad Rajendra, Gupta Nikhil ; foreword, KC Mohanty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prasad, Rajendra, author.

Nikhil, Gupta, author.

Contributor:

Mohanty, KC, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, [India] : Jaypee, The Health Sciences Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

The book "MDR and XDR Tuberculosis" summarizes the current status of knowledge on drug-resistant tuberculosis and also discusses the latest practical approach to various diagnostic and treatment modalities for drug-resistant tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). Tuberculosis still continues to be the world's most important infectious cause of morbidity and mortality. It has been divided into 27 chapters covering all the aspects of drug-resistant tuberculosis ranging from detailed epidemiology, practical approach to diagnosis and treatment of MDR and XDR tuberculosis including HIV and drug-resistant tuberculosis. Special chapters on case-based approach to treatment of MDR-TB and XDR-TB, drug-resistant tuberculosis in children and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, fluoroquinolone resistance, infection control in drug-resistant tuberculosis and newer antituberculosis drugs are also included. Chapter on DR-TB in children, DR-TB in extrapulmonary tuberculosis, fluoroquinolone resistance, infection control in DR-TB and newer antituberculosis drugs are also included.

Contents:

Intro

Prelims

Chapter-01_Case Definitions in Drug-resistant Tuberculosis

Chapter-02_Antitubercular Drugs Used in Previously Treated Patients of Tuberculosis and Their Adverse Effects

Chapter-03_Management of Retreatment Cases in Tuberculosis

Chapter-04_Mono- and Poly-drug-resistant Tuberculosis Current Status

Chapter-05_Mono- and Poly-drug-resistant Tuberculosis Treatment

Chapter-06_Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis Current Status

Chapter-07_Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis Case Finding Strategies

Chapter-08_Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis Laboratory Issues

Chapter-09_Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment

Chapter-10_Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis Management in Special Situations

Chapter-11_Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis Monitoring of Treatment and Adverse Drug Reaction

Chapter-12_Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis Case-based Approach

Chapter-13_Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis Adherence to Therapy

Chapter-14_Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis Contacts Management

Chapter-15_Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Current Status

Chapter-16_Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Diagnosis

Chapter-17_Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Management

Chapter-18_Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Failure Management

Chapter-19_Drug Resistance in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

Chapter-20_Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Tuberculosis

Chapter-21_Multi-drug-resistant and Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis and HIV

Chapter-22_Interaction between Antitubercular and Antiretroviral Drugs

Chapter-23_Multi-drug-resistant and Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Prevention

Chapter-24_Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Children

Chapter-25_Tuberculosis Control in India DOTS-Plus

Chapter-26_Infection Control in Multi-drug-resistant Tuberculosis.

Chapter-27_Newer Antitubercular Drugs

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 17, 2016).

ISBN:

93-86107-69-4

OCLC:

960165748