Clinical Tuberculosis - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0367529963 ISBN 13 : 9780367529963

Editeur : CRC Press, 2022

Synopsis

Entirely updated and revised, the 6th edition of Clinical Tuberculosis continues to provide the TB physician with a definitive and erudite account of the latest techniques in diagnosis, treatment and control of TB, including an overview of the latest guidelines from the CDC and WHO. With an increased emphasis on the clinical aspects and treatment, this book will be an invaluable resource to the TB practitioner in public health or clinical practice and an ideal reference to laboratory staff.

Key Features

Completely updated and reorganized

Includes brand new chapters on radiology and an overview of the latest WHO, ATS/CDC/IDSA, ERS, NICE, CTS and IUATLD guidelines

Clinically focused to provide up-to-date guidance on diagnosis, treatment and control

Edited by three renowned experts in the field of tuberculosis

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Lloyd N. Friedman, M.D., is a Clinical Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. He is Director of Inpatient Quality and Safety for the Department of Internal Medicine. He is a member of the American Thoracic Society, a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and a member of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. He is Chairman of the Connecticut Tuberculosis Elimination Advisory Committee.

Martin Dedicoat PhD, FRCP, BSc, DTM&H is a Consultant physician in infectious diseases at the University Hospitals Birmingham. He is currently clinical lead for tuberculosis for Birmingham and Solihull, UK. His main research interests center around tuberculosis transmission in urban settings. Dr Dedicoat is a member of the British Thoracic Society drug resistant tuberculosis management group advising on management of complex tuberculosis patients across the UK. He also sits on the National Tuberculosis board for England.

Dr. Peter D. O. Davies graduated in 1966 from Marlborough College, Wilts, UK and obtained his BM, BCh and MA from University College, Oxford, UK in 1971 and St. Thomas's Hospital in London in 1973. He gained a DM from oxford in 1984. He was a Consultant General and Respiratory Physician at Aintree University Hospital from 1988 to 2011 and at Liverpool Heart Chest Hospital from 1988 to 2015. He is or has been a member of the British Medical Association, the British Thoracic Society, the European Respiratory Society, the Royal College of Physicians of London (Fellow), the Royal Society of Medicine, the American Thoracic Society, the North Western Society of Respiratory Physicians where he served as President in 2007, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease where he was Chair of the Tuberculosis Section, President of the European section, and Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, and a member of NICE where he was chair of the Tuberculosis Section. He co-founded the UK Based TB charity in 1998. Dr. Davies is an expert in tuberculosis and edited the inaugural edition of the textbook, Clinical Tuberculosis in 1994 and has continued as editor for the subsequent 5 editions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0367529963
• ISBN 13: 9780367529963
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 6
• Nombre de pages: 447
• Éditeur: Friedman Lloyd N., Dedicoat Martin, Davies Peter D. O.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible