Addressing the threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis [[electronic resource] ] : a realistic assessment of the challenge : workshop summary / / Robert Giffin and Sally Robinson, rapporteurs; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.9
• Soggetto topico: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Drug resistance; Antitubercular agents
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GiffinRobert B RobinsonSally
• Note generali: "The Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation held a workshop in Washington, DC, on November 5, 2008"--p. 2.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Acronyms""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Global Spread of Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis""; ""3 MDR TB Transmission, HIV Coinfection, and Transmission Control""; ""4 Diagnosis""; ""5 Infrastructure and Health Care Delivery Systems""; ""6 Global Systems for the Purchase and Delivery of TB Drugs""; ""7 Research on the Global Control of TB: Understanding the Role of Drugs, Vaccines, and Funding""; ""8 Strategies for Confronting the Global MDR and XDR TB Crisis""; ""References"" ; ""Appendix A: Agenda""""Appendix B: Participant Biographies""; ""Appendix C: Partners In Health White Paperâ€?Stemming the Tide of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Major Barriers to Addressing the Growing Epidemic""
• Titolo autorizzato: Addressing the threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis
• ISBN: 1-282-45484-6; 9786612454844; 0-309-13045-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456590803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II