8 HIV-Associated Tuberculosis: Clinical Challenges9 TB/AIDS Coinfection: An Integrated Clinical and Research Response; 10 Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS; 11 Clinical Issues (Including Diagnosis): Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS); Index
Summary
The immune deficiency AIDS leads to a drastic increase in susceptibility to Tuberculosis. Accordingly, co-infections of tuberculosis (TB) and AIDS have increased dramatically over the last decades and have already killed more than 5 million people worldwide. Currently, no vaccines are available for either of these diseases leaving doctors with limited options for prevention. This perfect storm of pandemics is analysed and explained for the first time in this groundbreaking title, edited by two of the most accomplished experts in this area, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Stefan Kaufmann at the Max-Planck I
