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Fifth Edition Cli n iCal Tuberculosis Fifth Edition Cli n iCal Tuberculosis Edited by Peter D O Davies, MA DM FRCP Professor and Consultant Physician, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Liverpool, UK Stephen B Gordon, MA MD FRCP DTM&H Head of Department, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Liverpool, UK Geraint Davies, BM FRCP PhD DTM&H Reader in Infection Pharmacology and Consultant in Infectious Diseases, University of Liverpool, UK CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2014 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Version Date: 20140117 International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-4441-5435-1 (eBook - PDF) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. 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Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com To Eleanor ‘Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing’, Proverbs 18:22 King James Version. Contents Foreword ......................................................................................................................................................................................xi Preface ....................................................................................................................................................................................xiii Contributors ................................................................................................................................................................................xv SECTION I Background Chapter 1 The History of Tuberculosis from Earliest Times to the Development of Drugs ...................................................3 Charlotte A. Roberts and Jane E. Buikstra Chapter 2 Epidemiology ........................................................................................................................................................19 Ted Cohen and Christopher Dye SECTION II Pathology and Immunology Chapter 3 Mycobacterium tuberculosis – The Organism ......................................................................................................39 John M. Grange Chapter 4 Genotyping and Its Implications for Transmission Dynamics and Tuberculosis Control ....................................55 Laura F. Anderson Chapter 5 Histopathology ......................................................................................................................................................79 Helen C. Wainwright SECTION III Diagnosis Chapter 6 Immunodiagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection .........................................................................................................95 Ajit Lalvani, Manish Pareek and Katrina Pollock Chapter 7 Diagnosis of Tuberculosis ....................................................................................................................................111 Luis E. Cuevas Chapter 8 Tuberculosis Clinical Immunology ......................................................................................................................117 Robert S. Wallis SECTION IV Clinical Aspects Chapter 9 Respiratory Tuberculosis .....................................................................................................................................129 Aravind Ponnuswamy vii viii Contents Chapter 10 Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System ......................................................................................................151 Guy Thwaites Chapter 11 Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis .............................................................................................................................167 Peter Ormerod Chapter 12 Tuberculosis in Childhood ..................................................................................................................................189 Delane Shingadia SECTION V Treatment Chapter 13 Clinical Pharmacology of the Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs .....................................................................................209 Abdullah Alsultan and Charles A. Peloquin Chapter 14 Chemotherapy Including Drug-Resistant Therapy .............................................................................................229 Geraint Davies Chapter 15 New Developments in Drug Treatment ...............................................................................................................241 Alexander S. Pym Chapter 16 The Surgical Management of Tuberculosis and Its Complications .....................................................................253 Richard S. Steyn SECTION VI Tuberculosis in Special Situations Chapter 17 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis Co-Infection ......................................................................269 Keertan Dheda and Greg Calligaro Chapter 18 Tuberculosis and Migration .................................................................................................................................293 Einar Heldal Chapter 19 Tuberculosis and Poverty: A Clinical Perspective ..............................................................................................307 S. Bertel Squire Chapter 20 Multi- and Extreme Drug Resistance: The Experience of India ..........................................................................317 Zarir F. Udwadia SECTION VII Prevention Chapter 21 Preventive Therapy .............................................................................................................................................329 Jean-Pierre Zellweger Contents ix Chapter 22 Bacille Calmette–Guerin and Prospects for New Vaccines against Tuberculosis ..............................................339 Helen McShane SECTION VIII Control Chapter 23 Community Approaches to Tuberculosis Treatment ...........................................................................................353 Kwonjune J. Seung and Michael L. Rich Chapter 24 Control of Tuberculosis in Low-Incidence Countries .........................................................................................361 Ibrahim Abubakar and Robert Aldridge Chapter 25 Control of Tuberculosis in High-Prevalence Countries ......................................................................................377 Jayant N. Banavaliker Chapter 26 The Role of the Tuberculosis Nurse Specialist ...................................................................................................405 Christine E. Bell SECTION IX Related Aspects Chapter 27 Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria ............................................................................................................................419 Jakko van Ingen Chapter 28 Animal Tuberculosis ............................................................................................................................................431 Dirk U. Pfeiffer and Leigh A. L. Corner SECTION X Conclusions Conclusions and Future Developments ...............................................................................................................447 Index .........................................................................................................................................................................................453

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