Tuberculosis in Adults and Children.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Public Health Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Epidemiology
- Abstract
- 1.1 Tuberculosis in History
- 1.2 Pathogen
- 1.3 Epidemiology
- 1.4 Prognosis
- 2 Pathogenesis
- Abstract
- 2.1 Transmission
- 2.2 The Innate Immune Response
- 2.3 The Adaptive Immune Reponse
- 2.4 The Complex Role of TNF and Its Genetic Control
- 2.5 The Tuberculoma
- 2.6 Vitamin D and the Immune Response
- 2.6.1 Vitamin D Metabolism
- 2.6.2 Antimicrobial Effects of Vitamin D
- 2.6.3 Vitamin D Deficiency and Susceptibility to Tuberculosis
- 3 Clinical Manifestations
- Abstract
- 3.1 Primary Tuberculosis
- 3.2 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- 3.2.1 Parenchymal Disease
- 3.2.2 Endobronchial Tuberculosis
- 3.2.3 Intra-Thoracic Lymphnode Disease
- 3.3 Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- 3.3.1 Pleural Tuberculosis
- 3.3.2 Miliary Tuberculosis
- 3.3.3 Extra-Thoracic Lymphnode Disease
- 3.3.4 Central Nervous System Tuberculosis
- 3.3.5 Tuberculous Pericarditis
- 3.3.6 Spinal Tuberculosis
- 3.3.7 Other Forms of Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- 4 Diagnosis
- Abstract
- 4.1 Smear Microscopy
- 4.2 Mycobacterial Culture
- 4.3 Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests
- 4.4 Diagnosing Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
- 4.5 Other Diagnostic Methods
- 4.6 Diagnosing Latent Tuberculosis Infection
- 5 Treatment
- Abstract
- 5.1 First-Line Antituberculous Treatment
- 5.2 HIV Associated Tuberculosis
- 5.3 Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
- 5.4 The Role of Fluoroquinolones
- 5.5 Bedaquiline
- 5.6 Delamanid
- 6 Prevention
- Abstract
- 6.1 Prophylactic Treatment
- 6.2 Prophylactic Treatment in Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis
- 6.3 Vaccines
- 6.4 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index.