Tuberculosis in Adults and Children

• Main Authors: Heemskerk, Dorothee (Author), Caws, Maxine (Author), Marais, Ben (Author), Farrar, Jeremy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health, 2
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Infectious diseases.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Tropical medicine.; Epidemiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Public Health.; Tropical Medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

This work contains updated and clinically relevant information about tuberculosis. It is aimed at providing a succinct overview of history and disease epidemiology, clinical presentation and the most recent scientific developments in the field of tuberculosis research, with an emphasis on diagnosis...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1 Epidemiology
• 2 Pathogenesis
• 3 Clinical manifestations
• 4 Diagnosis
• 5 Treatment
• 6 Prevention
• Index.