Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease A Comprehensive Approach to Diagnosis and Management /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Griffith, David E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Respiratory Medicine,
• Θέματα: Respiratory organs-Diseases.; Infectious diseases.; Health promotion.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Infectious Diseases.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

This book is a comprehensive and authoritative source on nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) pathogens and diseases and their appropriate management, with a focus on lung disease. NTM diseases, especially lung diseases, are increasing in prevalence in the U.S. and internationally with concomitant gro...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction and Historical Perspective on NTM Disease
• The Modern Microbiology Laboratory and Its Role in NTM Disease
• Mechanisms of NTM Drug Resistance
• Pathophysiology of NTM Lung Disease
• Environmental Niches for NTM and Their Clinical Significance
• Genetic and Acquired Immune Dysfunction and NTM Disease
• United States Epidemiology of NTM Lung Disease
• Global Epidemiology of NTM Lung Disease
• Diagnosis of NTM Lung Disease
• NTM Lung Disease, General Management Principles
• Mycobacterium avium Complex Lung Disease
• Mycobacterium kansasii Lung Disease
• Other Slowly Growing Mycobacteria and Lung Disease
• Mycobacterium abscessus Subspecies Lung Disease
• Other Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria Lung Disease
• Surgical Management of NTM Infections
• Management of Lung Comorbidities in NTM Patients
• Extrapulmonary NTM Disease.