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Imprint:New York : Chapman & Hall, c1998.
Description:2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Chapman & Hall medical microbiology series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2931088
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Other authors / contributors:Gangadharam, Pattisapu Rama Jogi, 1930-
Jenkins, P. A. (P. Anthony)
ISBN:0412054515 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
0412054418 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Volume 1. Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Biographical sketch of
  • Taxonomy of mycobacteria
  • Drug resistance in tubercle bacilli
  • Molecular biology of mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Molecular approaches to the detection of mycobacteria
  • Pathogenesis of mycobacterial disease
  • Transmission of mycobacteria
  • Noscomial mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks: risk factors, prevention intervention efficacy, and guidelines
  • Immunology of tuberculosis
  • The immunological cause, prevention, and treatment of tuberculosis
  • Animal models for tuberculosis research
  • Speciation of mycobacteria in clinical laboratories
  • Tuberculosis laboratory procedures for developing countries
  • Index
  • Volume 2. Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Biographical sketch of
  • Global aspects of tuberculosis
  • Basic concepts in the chemotherapy of tuberculosis
  • Experimental chemotherapy of mycobacterial diseases
  • Controlled clinical trials in tuberculosis: lessons to be drawn
  • Chemotherapy of tuberculosis in developed countries
  • Treatment of tuberculosis in low-income countries
  • Chemotherapy of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the context of developed and developing countries
  • Tuberculosis and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • The management of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Chemotherapy of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases
  • Preventive therapy for tuberculosis
  • Failures in tuberculosis chemotherapy
  • New drugs and strategies for chemotherapy of tuberculosis
  • Epidemiology of leprosy
  • Treatment of leprosy
  • Index