Full Description
Tuberculosis remains one of the most prevalent, deadly, and underdiagnosed infectious diseases in the world. In children, this burden is doubly problematic because of the disease's unique clinical characteristics and its need for special public health and diagnostic techniques. After decades of relative inattention to these factors, childhood tuberculosis has now grown into an important area of competency for child health programs in low-burden areas, including theUnited States. The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis is a state of the art clinical reference written and edited by the world's leading experts in childhood tuberculosis. It offers clinicians in any geography or setting practical, evidence-based advice on all aspects of the disease, including its natural history, epidemiology, presentation, treatment, and prevention - all in a format that synthesizes literature with the clinical experience of the leading authorities in this challengingfield. As the need for childhood tuberculosis services in child health programs grows, this handbook provides a new benchmark for practitioners and trainees in pediatrics, infectious disease, pulmonary medicine, and public health to better understand this persisting and difficult disease.
Contents
Preface1 A Brief History of Childhood TuberculosisPeter R. Donald2 Microbiology and Pathology of TuberculosisAnne-Marie Demers, Andrew C. Whitelaw, Kathleen D. Eisenach3 Immunology of TuberculosisBeate Kampmann, Elizabeth Whittaker4 Natural History of Childhood TuberculosisBen J. Marais5 Global Epidemiology of Childhood TuberculosisCharalambos Sismanidis, Philille Glaziou, Malgosia Grzemska, Katherine Floyd, Mario Raviglione6 Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection in ChildrenAnna M. Mandalakas, Andrew DiNardo7 Microbiologic Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Disease in ChildrenMark P. Nicol, Heather J. Zar8 Radiology of Childhood TuberculosisSavvas Andronikou, Tracy Kilborn9 Diagnosis of Intrathoracic TuberculosisCarlos M. Perez-Velez10 Diagnosis of the Most Common Forms of Extrathoracic Tuberculosis in ChildrenH. Simon Schaaf, Anthony J. Garcia-Prats11 Central Nervous System Tuberculosis in ChildrenRonald van Toorn12 Tuberculosis in AdolescentsAndrea T. Cruz13 Tuberculosis in Neonates and InfantsAdrie Bekker14 Tuberculosis in HIV-infected and -Exposed Infants, Children and AdolescentsHelena Rabie, Mark F. Cotton15 Antituberculosis Drugs in ChildrenHelen McIlleron16 Treatment of Tuberculosis Infection in ChildrenAmina Ahmed17 Management of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis in ChildrenSoumya Swaminathan, N Poorana Ganga Devi18 Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in ChildrenJames Seddon19 Tuberculosis Vaccines: the old and the NewKim Connelly Smith, Ian M. Orme, Jeffrey R. Starke20 Mycobacterium bovis [non-BCG] in ChildrenJeffrey R. Starke21 Public Health and Programmatic Issues for Childhood TuberculosisJeffrey R. Starke22 The Roadmap for Childhood TuberculosisStephen M. Graham, Anne DetjenIndex
