Textbook of Tuberculosis & Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases 3rd Edition

Textbook of Tuberculosis & Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases – 3rd Edition

Textbook of Tuberculosis & Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases, 3rd Edition is a comprehensive, multi-author reference edited by Surendra K. Sharma and Alladi Mohan. It provides detailed coverage of tuberculosis and diseases caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria, incorporating clinical, microbiological, radiological, therapeutic and public-health perspectives.

The chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated by specialists from different parts of the world. The book covers pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, HIV–TB coinfection, childhood tuberculosis, drug-resistant disease, laboratory diagnosis, treatment regimens and global tuberculosis-control strategies.

Dedicated content on nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases discusses clinically important organisms, modern laboratory identification and management. Numerous clinical photographs, radiographic images, gross pathological specimens and photomicrographs support understanding and diagnosis.

Key Features

• Comprehensive coverage of tuberculosis and NTM diseases
• Written by internationally recognized specialists and contributors
• Discusses pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations of TB
• Includes detailed guidance on drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis
• Covers MDR-TB, pre-XDR-TB and XDR-TB
• Discusses newer agents such as bedaquiline, linezolid and fluoroquinolones
• Updated information on laboratory and molecular diagnosis
• Dedicated coverage of HIV–TB coinfection
• Revised section on nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases
• Includes clinical, radiological and pathological illustrations
• Covers national and global tuberculosis-control programmes
• Useful for clinical practice, postgraduate study and research

Major Topics Covered

• Epidemiology and transmission of tuberculosis
• Microbiology and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Latent tuberculosis infection
• Pulmonary tuberculosis
• Endobronchial and pleural tuberculosis
• Abdominal and gastrointestinal tuberculosis
• Neurological and meningeal tuberculosis
• Skeletal and spinal tuberculosis
• Lymph node and cutaneous tuberculosis
• Genitourinary, ocular and cardiac tuberculosis
• Childhood tuberculosis
• Tuberculosis during pregnancy
• HIV–TB coinfection
• Microbiological and molecular diagnosis
• Radiology and imaging of tuberculosis
• Drug-sensitive tuberculosis treatment
• MDR, pre-XDR and XDR tuberculosis
• Adverse effects of antitubercular drugs
• Surgical management of tuberculosis
• Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease
• Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus
• National and global TB-control programmes
• Prevention, vaccination and infection control

Recommended For

• Pulmonologists and chest physicians
• Respiratory medicine residents and trainees
• Internal medicine physicians
• Infectious disease specialists
• Microbiologists and pathologists
• Pediatricians and public-health physicians
• Undergraduate and postgraduate medical students
• Researchers working on tuberculosis and mycobacterial disease
• Medical college and institutional libraries

Book Information

Buy Textbook of Tuberculosis in Bangladesh

Buy Textbook of Tuberculosis & Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases, 3rd Edition from Century Publishers. This comprehensive reference is suitable for pulmonologists, chest physicians, medical students, postgraduate trainees, infectious disease specialists and researchers.

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