{"product_id":"9781555819859","title":"Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections","description":"\u003ch3\u003eASM Books\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid L. Schlossberg\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedical \/ Microbiology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTUBERCULOSIS AND NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTUBERCULOSIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAND NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTIONS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSEVENTH EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComplete coverage of every aspect of tuberculosis and related mycobacterial infections\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Tuberculosis appears to be as old as humanity itself.” Despite many advancements since the 1882 identification of \u003ci\u003eMycobacterium tuberculosis\u003c\/i\u003e as the causative agent of tuberculosis, it remains one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and threatens the effectiveness of our therapeutic arsenal. In 2015, 1.8 million people died of tuberculosis and almost half a million new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis were diagnosed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor \u003ci\u003eTuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections,\u003c\/i\u003e Dr. Schlossberg assembled an international team of experts to write about nearly every facet of the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections. In addition to presenting the latest clinical data, epidemiological findings, and policy and strategy recommendations of the World Health Organization, four new chapters cover topics of critical importance:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe role of therapeutic drug monitoring in mycobacterial infections\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe public health issues of refugees and migrants, and their exposure and transmission of tuberculosis resulting from humanitarian crises\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiabetes mellitus as a significant risk factor for tuberculosis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe increased risk of tuberculosis reactivation in people taking tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors and other biopharmaceuticals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther chapters provide detailed information on the clinical, public health, and policy aspects of tracking and treating tuberculosis, including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe many presentations of tuberculosis, from pulmonary to ocular and cardiovascular to urogenital\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe complications that tuberculosis and antituberculosis therapy cause to the hematologic and endocrine systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTuberculosis during pregnancy and in infants and children\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTreatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelopment of new vaccines\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNontuberculous infections caused by mycobacteria found throughout our environment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe seventh edition of \u003ci\u003eTuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for anyone working to prevent and treat tuberculosis and associated infections, from infectious disease specialists and pulmonologists to scientists, policymakers, and epidemiologists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA truly modern book that offers students, practitioners, and all readers the chance for a full immersion into the science of tuberculosis.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—M\u003csmall\u003eARIO\u003c\/small\u003e R\u003csmall\u003eAVIGLIONE\u003c\/small\u003e, MD,\u003c\/b\u003e Global TB Programme, World Health Organization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eIt’s difficult to improve on an already excellent book but Dr. Schlossberg and colleagues have done it again!”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—B\u003csmall\u003eURKE\u003c\/small\u003e A. C\u003csmall\u003eUNHA\u003c\/small\u003e, MD, MACP,\u003c\/b\u003e Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis comprehensive book remains the most popular reference among physicians treating tuberculosis.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—L\u003csmall\u003eEONID\u003c\/small\u003e H\u003csmall\u003eEIFETS\u003c\/small\u003e, MD,\u003c\/b\u003e National Jewish Hospital (from a previous edition)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis book meets a demand for timely information…constitutes a ready and useful reference for general internists and primary care physicians.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—A\u003csmall\u003eNNALS OF\u003c\/small\u003e I\u003csmall\u003eNTERNAL\u003c\/small\u003e M\u003csmall\u003eEDICINE\u003c\/small\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(from a previous edition)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you are looking for online access to the latest clinical microbiology content, please visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/learn\/clinmicronow\"\u003ewww.wiley.com\/learn\/clinmicronow\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Schlossberg, MD, FACP,\u003c\/b\u003e is Medical Director of the Tuberculosis Control Program at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. He is Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Yale University and Tufts  Medical School and completed his medical residency at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, and his infectious disease fellowship at Emory University, Atlanta. 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