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Handbook of Tuberculosis. Clinics, Diagnostics, Therapy, and Epidemiology. Edition No. 1

  • Book

  • 311 Pages
  • January 2008
  • John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • ID: 3047530
This second of the three-volume tuberculosis book series provides a comprehensive overview of clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic, and epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis. Edited by the undisputed world leader in the field, this is the most comprehensive book on the topic available, and the first in recent years to focus on both basic research and clinical aspects of TB.

Table of Contents

Clinics Diagnostics Therapy Epidemiology: Introduction
Global Epidemiology of Tuberculosis
Surveillance Studies and Interpretation
Molecular Epidemiology of M. tuberculosis
Diagnosis of M. tuberculosis: Clinical
Clinical Disease (with and without HIV)
Management of Tuberculosis Patients
Chemotherapy
New Drugs and Clinical Drug Trials
Latency
Drug Resistance in Clinical Context
Novel Drug Treatment Strategies -
Co-infections
Modeling
BCG Vaccination

Authors

Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany. Paul van Helden Dept. of Medical Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa.