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Clinical Tuberculosis remains an indispensable resource for respiratory physicians, infectious disease specialists, public health workers and other individuals involved in the management and control of tuberculosis worldwide. This established reference is a comprehensive accoutn of tuberculosis, providing up-to-date and authoritative information on all aspects of the disease. It gives practical guidance to health professionals who may be involved in any aspect of patient management or disease control, including chapters on epidemiology, pathology, immunology, disease presentation, diagnosis, treatment and management options. Specific consideration is given to the problems of TB associated with HIV infection, and issues of control relating to low and high prevalence countries respectively. The ongoing issues surrounding the BCG vaccination and preventive therapy are also covered, as are the increasing problems of multi-drug resistant strains and environmental opportunist mycobacteria.

Table of Contents (from previous edition):

Part 1:  Background

Chapter 1.     The History of Tuberculosis from Earliest Times to the Development of Drugs

Chapter 2.     Epidemiology

Part 2:  Pathology and Immunology

Chapter 3.     Laboratory Diagnosis

Chapter 4.     The Use of DNA Fingerprinting to Study Tuberculosis

Chapter 5.     Histopathology

Chapter 6.     Immunophysiology and Immunopathology

Part 3:  Clinical Aspects

Chapter 7.     Respiratory Tuberculosis

Chapter 8.     Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis

Chapter 9.     Tuberculosis in Childhood

Part 4:  Treatment:

Chapter 10.   Clinical Pharmacology of the Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs

Chapter 11.   Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis:  Present, Future, and Beyond

Chapter 12.   DOTS and DOTS-Plus:  Not the Only Answer

Chapter 13.   The Surgery of Tuberculosis

Chapter 14.   Directly Observed Therapy and Other Aspects in the Management of the Tuberculosis Patient

Part 5:  Tuberculosis in Special Situations:

Chapter 15.   The Association Between HIV and Tuberculosis in the Developing World with a Special Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

Chapter 16.   The Association Between HIV and Tuberculosis in Industrialized Countries

Chapter 17.   Tuberculosis and Migration

Part 6:  Prevention:

Chapter 18.   Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Chapter 19.   Interpretation of  the Tuberculosis Skin Test

Chapter 20.   BCG Vaccination

Part 7:  Control:

Chapter 21.   Control in Low-Prevalence Countries

Chapter 22.   Control in High-Prevalence Countries

Chapter 23.   Specific Problems of Control in India

Chapter 24.   Specific Problems of Control in Africa

Chapter 25.   Patient Holding

Part 8:  Other Aspects of Tuberculosis:

Chapter 26.   Environmental Mycobacteria

Chapter 27.   Tuberculosis in Animals

Part 9:  Conclusions:

Chapter 28.   Conclusions

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