Tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections /

Text, for basic scientists and clinicians, on mycobacterial infection and its manifestation as tuberculosis. Includes eleven new chapters detailing tuberculosis in infants and children, pregnancy and the puerperium, and the complex relationship of tuberculosis and HIV.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schlossberg, David (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2011.
Edición:Sixth edition.
Temas:
Tuberculosis.
Mycobacterial diseases.
Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium Infections
Tuberculose.
Mycobactérioses.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Mycobacterial diseases
Internet Resources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Notice
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • General considerations
  • Chapter 1: Tuberculosis in history: did it change the way we live? / Thomas M. Daniel
  • Chapter 2: Epidemiology and host factors / Asim K. Dutt
  • Chapter 3: Pathophysiology and immunology / Arthur M. Dannenberg, Jr., and Paul J. Converse
  • Chapter 4: Laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing / Gary W. Procop and Glenn D. Roberts
  • Chapter 5: Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection / Alfred A. Lardizabal and Lee B. Reichman
  • Chapter 6: Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection / Connie A. Haley
  • Chapter 7: Chemotherapy of tuberculosis / Thomas E. Dobbs and Risa M. Webb
  • Chapter 8: Therapy of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis / Barbara J. Seaworth and Robert N. Longfield
  • Chapter 9: Role of surgery in the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis / Alan D.L. Sihoe and Wing Wai Yew
  • Chapter 10: Mycobacterium bovis BCG and new vaccines against tuberculosis / Timothy Lahey and C. Fordham von Reyn
  • Chapter 11: Tuberculosis: a World Health Organization perspective / Marcos A. Espinal and Mario C. Raviglione
  • Chapter 12: Tuberculosis in enclosed populations / Sorana Segal-Maurer
  • Chapter 13: Role of the health department: legal and public health considerations / Melisa Thombley, Kashef Ijaz, Beverly Metchock, and Philip LoBue
  • Clinical syndromes
  • Chapter 14: Pulmonary tuberculosis / Mary E. Kreider and Milton D. Rossman
  • Chapter 15: Upper respiratory tract tuberculosis / Surinder K. Jindal and Ritesh Agarwal
  • Chapter 16: Tuberculous otomastoiditis / George A. Pankey
  • Chapter 17: Ocular tuberculosis / Daniel M. Albert, Robert J. Peralta, and Matthew J. Thompson
  • Chapter 18: Central nervous system tuberculosis / John M. Leonard
  • Chapter 19: Tuberculous lymphadenitis and parotitis / W. Garrett Hunt
  • Chapter 20: Urogenital tuberculosis / Andrée A. Figueiredo, Antôonio M. Lucon, and Miguel Srougi
  • Chapter 21: Musculoskeletal tuberculosis / Michael K. Leonard, Jr., and Henry M. Blumberg
  • Chapter 22: Cardiovascular tuberculosis / John A. Crocco
  • Chapter 23: Gastrointestinal tuberculosis / Eric H. Choi and Walter J. Coyle
  • Chapter 24: Tuberculous peritonitis / Urvashi Vaid and Gregory C. Kane
  • Chapter 25: Tuberculosis of the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas / Thomas H. Taylor, Dalia Ibrahim, and James H. Lewis
  • Chapter 28: Cutaneous tuberculosis / Michael K. Hill and Charles V. Sanders
  • Chapter 27: Miliary tuberculosis / Surendra K. Sharma and Alladi Mohan
  • Chapter 28: Endocrine and metabolic aspects of tuberculosis / Christopher Vinnard and Emily A. Blumberg
  • Chapter 29: Hematologic complications of tuberculosis / Randall A. Oyer and David Schlossberg
  • Chapter 30: Tuberculosis in infants and children / Jeffrey R. Starke
  • Chapter 31: Pregnancy: maternal, fetal, and neonatal considerations / David M. Fleece and Stephen C. Aronoff
  • Chapter 32: Tuberculosis associated with HIV Infection / Midori Kato- Maeda, Annie Luetkemeyer, and Peter M. Small
  • Chapter 33: Tuberculosis and organ transplantation / Josée M. Aguado and Nina Singh
  • Chapter 34: Paradoxical reactions and the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome / Preston Church and Marc A. Judson
  • Nontuberculous mycobacteria
  • Chapter 35: Nontuberculous mycobacteria: an introduction / Henry Yeager
  • Chapter 36: Mycobacterium avium complex disease / Jason E. Stout and Carol D. Hamilton
  • Chapter 37: Rapidly growing mycobacteria / Barbara A. Brown- Chapter 38: Elliott and Richard J. Wallace, Jr.
  • Mycobacterium kansasii / James C. Johnston and Kevin Elwood
  • Chapter 39: Mycobacterium marinum / Emmanuelle Cambau and Alexandra Aubry
  • Chapter 40: Mycobacterium scrofulaceum / Edward A. Horowitz
  • Chapter 41: Mycobacterium bovis and other uncommon members of the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex / Jaime Esteban and Noelia Alonso- Rodréiguez
  • Chapter 42: Other nontuberculous mycobacteria / Marvin J. Bittner and Laurel C. Preheim
  • Index.

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