Title Tuberculosis / edited by Christoph Lange and Giovanni Battista Migliori

Published Sheffield : European Respiratory Society, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 259 pages) : illustrations (some color) Series European respiratory monograph, 1025-448X ; 58 European respiratory monograph ; 58. Contents Front cover; Blank page; Title page; Blank page; Table of contents; Preface; Guest Editors; Introduction; Chapter 1. Microbiology of Mycobacterium tubersulosis and a new diagnostic test for TB; Chapter 2. Epidemiology of TB; Chapter 3. Pulmonary diseases caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria; Chapter 4. Human genetic variability and susceptibility to pulmonary TB; Chapter 5. State of the art in vaccine development against TB; Chapter 6. Prevention of TB in areas of low incidence; Chapter 7. Prevention of TB in areas of high incidence; Chapter 8. TB drug resistance in high-incidence countries Chapter 9. TB drug resistance in low-incidence countriesChapter 10. Diagnosis of TB: state of the art; Chapter 11. Omics and single molecule detection: the future of TB diagnostics; Chapter 12. Treatment of TB; Chapter 13. Management of adverse drug events in TB therapy; Chapter 14. TB in migrants; Chapter 15. TB in children; Chapter 16. TB as an occupational disease; Chapter 17. TB in the immunocompromised host; Chapter 18. The WHO strategy for TB control and elimination Summary This Monograph draws together state-of-the-art articles on TB. It focuses on the latest developments in the areas of epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of TB Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Tuberculosis -- Diagnosis. Tuberculosis -- Epidemiology Tuberculosis -- Treatment Tuberculosis -- Prevention. Tuberculosis. Lungs -- Diseases. Respiratory infections. Mycobacterial diseases. Respiratory organs -- Diseases. Diseases. Gram-positive bacterial infections. Bacterial diseases. Tuberculosis Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Mycobacterium Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Disease Actinomycetales Infections Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections MEDICAL -- Oncology. Tuberculosis Respiratory organs -- Diseases Respiratory infections Mycobacterial diseases Lungs -- Diseases Gram-positive bacterial infections Diseases Bacterial diseases Tuberculosis -- Diagnosis Tuberculosis -- Epidemiology Tuberculosis -- Prevention Tuberculosis -- Treatment Form Electronic book Author Lange, Christoph (Biologist) Migliori, Giovanni Battista, 1960- European Respiratory Society. ISBN 9781849840286 1849840288 9781283868570 1283868571

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