Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections provides infectious disease specialists with the most comprehensive coverage found anywhere.

Features:

• Reflects state-of-the-art changes in the direction and management of these diseases
• Contains new chapters on multi-drug resistance and the latest prophylactic strategies

Contents

General Considerations

• Epidemiology
• Host Susceptibility Factors [NEW]
• Pathophysiology - Basic Aspects
• Pathophysiology - Clinical Considerations
• Laboratory Diagnosis and Susceptibility Testing
• Skin Testing
• Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis
• Therapy of Resistant Tuberculosis
• Role of Surgery in Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Chemoprophylaxis
• BCG and the Search for newer vaccines [NEW]
• The Global Epidemic of Tuberculosis - a WHO Perspective
• TB in enclosed populations
• Role of the Health Department

Clinical Syndromes

• Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Upper Respiratory Tract Tuberculosis
• Otologic Tuberculosis
• Ocular Tuberculosis
• CNS Tuberculosis
• Tuberculous Lymphadenitis and Parotitis (NEW addition to chapter)
• Genitourinary Tuberculosis
• Musculoskeletal Tuberculosis
• Cardiovascular Tuberculosis
• Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis (Now covers Esophageal – NEW)
• Tuberculous Peritonitis
• Tuberculosis of the Pancreas, Liver and Biliary Tract (Now includes Pancreatic – NEW)
• Cutaneous Tuberculosis
• Miliary Tuberculosis
• Endocrinologic and Metabolic Aspects of Tuberculosis
• Hematologic Consequences of Tuberculous Infection
• Tuberculosis in Infants and Children
• Tuberculosis During Pregnancy and the Puerperium
• HIV and Tuberculosis
• Immune Reconstitution Disease (NEW)

Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection

• Clinical Syndromes and Diagnosis: Overview
• Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
• Mycobacterium fortuitum, chelonae, abscessus
• Mycobacterium kansasii
• Mycobacterium marinum
• Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
• Other Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and Mycobacterium bovis

Index

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