Tuberculosis: a comprehensive international approach

✍ Scribed by Lee B. Reichman, Earl S. Hershfield

• Publisher: Dekker
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 926
• Series: Lung biology in health and disease 144
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This completely revised and expanded Second Edition thoroughly examines tuberculosis from historical, theoretical, and clinical perspectives, including the most current discoveries. Containing 35 revised, rewritten, rearranged, and new chapters by nationally and internationally renowned experts, the updated Second Edition presents ·expanded coverage on the background of tuberculosis, including new chapters on tuberculosis control in low-income and low-prevalence countries, tuberculosis laboratories, and applied strategies of tuberculosis control ·complete coverage of new and emerging aspects of the disease, including expanded chapters on case finding and follow-up in high- and low-prevalence countries ·new chapters on the transmission of tuberculosis and international strain genotyping, tuberculosis infection control, coalition building for tuberculosis control, a model tuberculosis elimination program, tuberculosis and medical anthropology, international advocacy, health sector reform and tuberculosis, and DOTS-Plus tuberculosis care management ·updated information on outbreaks of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, treatment of latent tuberculosis infection, and BCG vaccination ·over 50 new contributors ·and more! Providing updated information since the publication of the first edition six years ago and complete with over 2400 references, tables, and figures, the Second Edition is a must-read reference for pulmonary, respiratory, and infectious disease specialists; clinical microbiologists; pulmonologists; epidemiologists; immunologists; pathologists; physiologists; internists; public health physicians; local, regional, national, and international public health officials; directors of tuberculosis programs; allergists; scientific researchers; and graduate and medicinal students in these disciplines.

✦ Table of Contents

DEDICATION......Page 4
INTRODUCTION......Page 6
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 8
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION......Page 10
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 12
CONTENTS......Page 18
A Historical Perspective on Tuberculosis and Its Control......Page 31
Tuberculosis Control in Low-Income Countries......Page 83
Tuberculosis Control in Low-Prevalence Countries......Page 103
Tuberculosis Laboratories......Page 123
Evaluation of Applied Strategies of Tuberculosis Control in the Developing World......Page 135
Epidemiology of Tuberculosis......Page 157
Bacteriology of Tuberculosis......Page 185
Immunology of Tuberculosis......Page 215
Transmission of Tuberculosis......Page 243
Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis......Page 269
Mycobacterial Strain Genotyping......Page 289
Tuberculin Skin Testing......Page 307
Case Finding in High- and Low-Prevalence Countries......Page 351
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis......Page 369
Contact Follow-Up in High- and Low-Prevalence Countries......Page 405
Treatment of Tuberculosis......Page 429
Responding to Outbreaks of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis......Page 475
Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection......Page 499
BCG Vaccines and Vaccination......Page 531
Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection......Page 553
Tuberculosis in Children......Page 581
Case Management......Page 625
Tuberculosis Infection Control......Page 637
Tuberculosis in Correctional Facilities......Page 673
Tuberculosis Among Immigrants......Page 689
Coalition Building for Tuberculosis Control......Page 721
Tuberculosis Education......Page 733
Political Will......Page 755
Medical Anthropology......Page 773
The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations......Page 799
Economic Considerations for Tuberculosis Control......Page 827
The Impact of Managed Care on Tuberculosis Control in the United States......Page 845
The Impact of Health Sector Reform on Tuberculosis Control in Developing Nations......Page 857
Mobilizing Society Against Tuberculosis......Page 871
Tuberculosis in the Future......Page 895
INDEX......Page 913