Lange C., Migliori G.B. (eds.) Tuberculosis

Sheffield: European Respiratory Society, 2012. — 271 p.Guest Editorsi.
Introduction i.
Microbiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a new diagnostic test for TB.
Epidemiology of TB.
Pulmonary diseases caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
Human genetic variability and susceptibility to pulmonary TB.
State of the art in vaccine development against TB.
Prevention of TB in areas of low incidence.
Prevention of TB in areas of high incidence.
TB drug resistance in high-incidence countries.
TB drug resistance in low-incidence countries.
Diagnosis of TB: state of the art.
Omics and single molecule detection: the future of TB diagnostics.
Treatment of TB.
Management of adverse drug events in TB therapy.
TB in migrants.
TB in children.
TB as an occupational disease.
TB in the immunocompromised host.
The WHO strategy for TB control and elimination.