World Clinics: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine - Tuberculosis, Volume 3, No: 1

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-93-5152-544-8
Verlag: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 655 g

This issue of World Clinics - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine focuses on tuberculosis, a common infection with myriad presentations. Volume 3, No: 1, is an up-to-date collection of articles by internationally renowned contributors.



The book begins with discussion on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of tuberculosis. Further discussion on clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings, and management of both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis provides useful insights for pulmonologists, physicians, intensivists, internists, students and teachers.

Key Features

- Evidence-based review of Tuberculosis topics providing an updated understanding of the subject

- Concludes with useful information on both the international standards of tuberculosis care and the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program in India

- The latest issue in the World Clinics - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine series

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jindal, Surinder K.

Behera, D

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Intensivmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pneumologie, Atmung, Asthma

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Epidemiology of Tuberculosis

- Mycobacteriology, Pathogenesis, and Pathology of Tuberculosis

- Clinical Features and Complications of Tuberculosis

- Radiology of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

- Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: State-of-the-Art

- Treatment of Tuberculosis

- Newer Antituberculosis Drugs

- Smoking and Tuberculosis

- Tuberculosis and Pregnancy

- Tuberculosis and Liver Diseases

- Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

- Tuberculosis Emergencies

- Tuberculous Pleural Effusion

- Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme in India

- International Standards of Tuberculosis Care

Über Autor(innen)

Surinder K Jindal MD FCCP

Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India



D Behera

Senior Professor & Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine (WHO Collaborating Centre for Research & Capacity Building in Chronic Respiratory Diseases), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India