"Tuberculosis: Current Issues in Diagnosis and Management" ed. by Bassam H. Mahboub and Mayank G. Vats

This book covers all cover all aspects and developments of the diagnosis and management of MDR TB in great detail. This book will serve as a practical guide for the diagnosis and management of TB for practicing physicians (especially pulmonologists and internists) and all those who are involved in the management of TB.

The book contains chapters on epidemiology, immune-pathology, diagnosis, treatment and latest advances for TB, highlighting the global perspective of tuberculosis.

Contents
Preface
Section 1 Pathophysiology and Immunogenesis of Tuberculosis
1 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Adaptation to Survival in a Human Host
2 The Immune Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Humans
3 Lipid Inclusions in Mycobacterial Infections
4 The Role of Antibodies in the Defense Against Tuberculosis
5 Influence of the Interferon-Gamma (IFN-y) and Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNF-a) Gene Polymorphisms in TB Occurrence and Clinical Spectrum
6 Tuberculosis Pharmacogenetics: State of The Art
7 Pathophysiology of Tuberculosis
Section 2 Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis
8 Laboratory Diagnosis of Tuberculosis - Latest Diagnostic Tools
9 Diagnostic Evaluation of Tuberculosis
10 First- and Second-Line Drugs and Drug Resistance
Section 3 Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
11 Epidemiology of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
12 Drug Resistance in M. Tuberculosis
13 Management of Drug-Resistant TB
14 Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - Diagnosis, Treatment. Management and Control: The Experience in Thailand
Section 4 Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis
15 Tuberculous Pleural Effusion
16 Neurotuberculosis and HIV Infection
Section 5 Miscellaneous
17 Research and Development of New Drugs Against Tuberculosis
18 Web Resources on TB: Information. Research, and Data Analysis
19 Peadiatric Tuberculosis: Is the World Doing Enough?
20 Economic Evaluation of Diagnosis Tuberculosis in Hospital Setting
21 Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Latin America: Patchwork Studies Reveal Inequalities in Its Control - The Cases of Chiapas (Mexico), Chine (Ecuador) and Lima (Peru)