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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831095103321

Titolo

Tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections / / edited by David Schlossberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : ASM Press, c2011

ISBN

1-68367-417-0

1-55581-713-0

Edizione

[6th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (656 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchlossbergDavid

Disciplina

616.9/95

Soggetti

Tuberculosis

Mycobacterial diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Tuberculosis & nontuberculous mycobacterial infections / edited by David Schlossberg. 5th ed. c2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""I. General Considerations""; ""1. Tuberculosis in History: Did It Change the Way We Live?""; ""2. Epidemiology and Host Factors""; ""3. Pathophysiology and Immunology""; ""4. Laboratory Diagnosis and Susceptibility Testing""; ""5. Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection""; ""6. Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection""; ""7. Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis""; ""8. Therapy of Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis""; ""9. Role of Surgery in the Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis""

""10. Mycobacterium bovis BCG and New Vaccines against Tuberculosis""""11. Tuberculosis a WHO Perspective""; ""12. Tuberculosis in Enclosed Populations""; ""13. Role of the Health Department Legal and Public Health Considerations""; ""II. Clinical Syndromes""; ""14. Pulmonary Tuberculosis""; ""15. Upper Respiratory Tract Tuberculosis""; ""16. Tuberculous Otomastoiditis""; ""17. Ocular Tuberculosis""; ""18. Central Nervous System Tuberculosis""; ""19. Tuberculous Lymphadenitis and Parotitis""; ""20. Urogenital Tuberculosis""; ""21. Musculoskeletal Tuberculosis""

""22. Cardiovascular Tuberculosis""""23. Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis""; ""24. Tuberculous Peritonitis""; ""25. Tuberculosis of the Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas""; ""26. Cutaneous Tuberculosis""; ""27. Miliary



Tuberculosis""; ""28. Endocrine and Metabolic Aspects of Tuberculosis""; ""29. Hematologic Complications of Tuberculosis""; ""30. Tuberculosis in Infants and Children""; ""31. Pregnancy: Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Considerations""; ""32. Tuberculosis Associated with HIV Infection""; ""33. Tuberculosis and Organ Transplantation""

""34. Paradoxical Reactions and the Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome""""III. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria""; ""35. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria�Introduction""; ""36. Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease""; ""37. Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria""; ""38. Mycobacterium kansasii""; ""39. Mycobacterium marinum""; ""40. Mycobacterium scrofulaceum""; ""41. Mycobacterium bovis and Other Uncommon Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex""; ""42. Other Nontuberculous Mycobacteria""; ""Index"";