Clinical Tuberculosis - A Practical Handbook

Clinical Tuberculosis: A Practical Handbook is a much-needed portable clinical reference providing practical guidance on key aspects of the disease. This pocket-sized book is a useful "how-to" handbook for the clinician managing patients with tuberculosis in either a well-resourced or poorly-resourced setting. Packed with case studies, clinical pearls of wisdom, and practical advice, this clinical manual outlines day-to-day management of patients as well as treatment and control of this important and ever-spreading global disease. A wealth of diagrams and clinical photographs also helps to make information available at a glance. It is intended for respiratory physicians, infectious disease physicians, public health workers, and nurses less familiar with the disease, especially in developing world markets where TB and HIV are endemic.Table of ContentEpidemiologyDiana LeesPathophysiology, Microbiology and ImmunopathologyWilliam J. Kent Pulmonary DiseaseDilip Nazareth and Andrea M Collins Extra-Pulmonary DiseaseGurinder Tack and Laura Watkins Tuberculosis in ChildrenDavid K.K. Ho TreatmentRahuldeb Sarkar New Drugs for TBSyed Murtaza H. Kazmi Latent Tuberculosis InfectionManish Gautam Tuberculosis and HIV Co-InfectionDaniel Komrower and Muhunthan Thillai VaccinationGareth H. Jones Tuberculosis ControlMaria Elpida PhitidisBiographical NoteEdited by Peter D. O. Davies, MA, DM, FRCP, professor and consultant physician, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, UK Ajit Lalvani, chair of infectious diseases, director, Tuberculosis Research Centre, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK Muhunthan Thillai, BA, MBBS, MRCP, PhD, consultant chest physician, Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Papworth and Cambridge University Hospitals, UK