A clinician's guide to tuberculosis

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iseman, Michael D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , c2000
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Tuberculosis Down Through the Centuries
  • 2. Biology and Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
  • 3. How Is Tuberculosis Transmitted?
  • 4. Immunity and Pathogenesis
  • 5. Tuberculosis Epidemiology
  • 6. Clinical Presentations: Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults
  • 7. Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Adults
  • 8. Tuberculosis in Relation to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • 9. Pediatric Tuberculosis
  • 10. Tuberculosis Chemotherapy, Including Directly Observed Therapy
  • 11. Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
  • 12. Preventive Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis
  • 13. Vaccination to Prevent Tuberculosis and Immunomodulatory Therapy for Persons with Active Disease
  • 14. Preventing Transmission of Tuberculosis within Institutions