Tuberculosis

e-books in Tuberculosis category

Systematic Screening for Active Tuberculosis
- World Health Organization , 2013
WHO has developed guidelines on systematic screening for active tuberculosis, based on a thorough review of available evidence. Early detection of TB is essential to further improve health outcomes for people with TB, and to reduce TB transmission.
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Treatment of Tuberculosis: Guidelines
- World Health Organization , 2010
This is fourth edition of Treatment of tuberculosis: guidelines, adhering fully to the new World Health Organization process for evidence-based guidelines. Several important recommendations are being promoted in this new edition.
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Tuberculosis: Current Issues in Diagnosis and Management
by Bassam H. Mahboub, Mayank G. Vats (eds) - InTech , 2013
Data are rapidly accumulating from all over the world regarding the efficacy of standardized treatment regimens for drug-sensitive, drug-resistant TB and latent TB infection. This volume covers all aspects of the diagnosis and management of MDR TB.
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Tuberculosis: Clinical Diagnosis and Management
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence , 2011
This is the full version of NICE clinical guideline 117. It contains details of the methods used to develop the guideline. New recommendations on the use of interferon-gamma tests for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis have been added.
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Tuberculosis: Practical Guide
by F. Varaine, M. Henkens, V. Grouzard - Medecins Sans Frontieres , 2014
Tuberculosis is a disease that caregivers in poor countries face every day. The purpose of this manual is to help caregivers take maximum possible advantage of both the existing methods and rare innovations offering improved diagnosis and treatment.
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Global Tuberculosis Control: Epidemiology, strategy, financing
- World Health Organization , 2009
WHO's report on Global TB Control compiles data from over 200 countries each year, monitoring the scale and direction of TB epidemics, implementation and impact of the Stop TB Strategy, and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
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Core Curriculum On Tuberculosis
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , 2000
This curriculum was designed to present basic information about TB for health care professionals. It is intended for use as a reference manual for clinicians caring for persons with or at high risk for TB disease or infection.
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Tuberculosis 2007 - From basic science to patient care
by Juan Carlos Palomino, Sylvia Cardoso Leão, Viviana Ritacco - TuberculosisTextbook.com , 2007
The medical textbook that provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of research, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. It covers history, immunology, pathogenesis, virulence, molecular epidemiology, new developments and perspectives.
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