Core curriculum on tuberculosis : what the clinician should know / National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuberculosis--Study and teaching--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Tuberculosis.

Continuing education.

Education, Continuing.

Tuberculosis, Pulmonary.

continuing education.

Tuberculosis--Study and teaching.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Tuberculosis.

Education, Continuing.

Tuberculosis, Pulmonary.

Genre:

Online resources.

programmed textbooks.

self-instructional materials.

handbooks.

manuals (instructional materials)

Programmed instructional materials

Handbooks and manuals

Handbooks and manuals.

Programmed instructional materials.

Self-instructional works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 302 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

Sixth edition 2013.

Place of Publication:

[Atlanta, Ga.] : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, 2013.

Summary:

"The Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know (Core Curriculum) presents information about tuberculosis (TB) for health-care professionals. This document, produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE), updates the 2000 Core Curriculum. It is intended for use as a reference manual for clinicians caring for persons with or at high risk for TB disease or infection. In addition, it was designed to be useful in developing educational programs. It is not meant to provide detailed answers to all public health or clinical questions about TB, nor is it meant as a substitute for any specific guidelines. It is anticipated that new guidelines will be published at future dates that will supersede information in the Core Curriculum, and these new guidelines will be posted on the CDC DTBE website: www.cdc.gov/tb. An update on TB for clinicians is critical today. Research to find new treatment regimens and more effective use of current ones continues as multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant TB cases challenge the public health community. The increased complexity of TB and HIV co-infection has required updated guidelines for prevention and treatment. Testing, diagnosis, and patient management and public health practice have also been revised"--Page vii.

Contents:

Introduction to the Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis

Overview of tuberculosis epidemiology in the United States

Transmission and pathogenesis of tuberculosis

Testing for tuberculosis infection and disease

Diagnosis of tuberculosis disease

Treatment for latent tuberculosis infection

Treatment of tuberculosis disease

Tuberculosis infection control

Community tuberculosis control

Appendix A. Glossary

Appendix B. Answers to the study questions

Appendix C. PowerPoint slide set.

Notes:

"CS234269."

Approved for continuing education credit by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation, and the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing.

"The Core Curriculum is accompanied by a PowerPoint slide set for use in presentations and training programs. Images of the slides are included in Appendix C. The slide set may be downloaded from the CDC DTBE website"--Page ix.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version ; title from cover (CDC, viewed September 23, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version: Core curriculum on tuberculosis.

OCLC:

958976047