Tuberculosis in Adults and Children.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Public Health Series ; v.2
• Author: Heemskerk, Dorothee.
• TeilnehmendeR: Caws, Maxine.; Marais, Ben.; Farrar, Jeremy.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2015.; Ã2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (71 pages)

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.