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050 1 4 _aRC311.2
_bT384 2013eb
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245 0 0 _aTuberculosis :
_blaboratory diagnosis and treatment strategies /
_cedited by Timothy D. McHugh, University College London, UK.
264 1 _aWallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
_bCABI,
_c2013.
264 4 _c©2013
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) :
_billustrations, charts.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aAdvances in molecular and cellular microbiology ;
_v21
520 3 _aThis book includes 19 chapters and shows how the challenge of tuberculosis is currently being met, providing insights into the evidence base underlying developments in laboratory diagnosis and techniques, drug development and treatment, as well as measurement of drug resistance and development of vaccines.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction / Timothy McHugh -- Improving upon sputum smear microscopy for diagnosis of tuberculosis in resource-poor settings / Andrew Ramsay, Karen R Steingart, and Madhukar Pai -- Molecular diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis / Anna Bateson, Kate Reddington, and Justin O'Grady -- Improving on the LJ slope : automated liquid culture / Miguel Viveiros, Diana Machado, Isabel Couto and Leonard Amaral -- Interferon gamma release assays in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection / Ajit Lalvani, Manish Pareek -- Measuring TB immune responses in the lung : the correct target? / Ronan Breen, Marc Lipman -- Sniffing out TB / Ruth McNerney, Claire Turner -- Role of phenotypic methods for drug susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis isolates in the era of MDR and XDR epidemics / Leonid Heifets -- Genotypic measures of antibiotic susceptibility / Vanessa Mathys, Barun Mathema, and Pablo Bifani -- Molecular tools for fast identification of resistance and characterization of MDR/XDR-TB / Dick van Soolingen -- Monitoring therapy by bacterial load / Denise M. O'Sullivan -- Modelling responses to tuberculosis treatment / G. R. Davies -- Measuring gene expression by quantitative PCR (qPCR) / Isobella Honeyborne -- Transcriptomic approaches to mapping responses to drug therapy for tuberculosis / Simon J. Waddell, Philip D. Butcher -- Mycobacterial lipid bodies and resuscitation-promoting factor dependency as potential biomarkers of response to chemotherapy / N. J. Garton, G. V. Mukamoloval, and M. R. Barer -- Clinical trials in tuberculosis chemotherapy : the challenges / Stephen H. Gillespie -- The identification of 2-aminothiazole-4-carboxylates (ATCs) as a new class of TB agent : a lesson in HIT identification / Geoff Coxon -- Rifamycins revisited / Martin J. Boeree -- Therapy of the XDR-TB patients with thioridazine :an old drug with new applications / Leonard Amaral, Marta Martins , Isabel Couto and Miguel Viveiros -- Vaccines for tuberculosis / Helen McShane.
506 _aAccess limited to subscribing institution.
530 _aAlso available in print format.
588 _aTitle from PDF title page (viewed July 26, 2013).
650 0 _aTuberculosis
_xDiagnosis.
650 0 _aTuberculosis
_xTreatment.
650 1 2 _aTuberculosis
_xdiagnosis.
650 2 2 _aAntitubercular Agents.
650 2 2 _aDrug Discovery.
650 2 2 _aMolecular Diagnostic Techniques.
650 4 _aPesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000)
650 4 _aPesticide and Drug Resistance.
650 4 _aHost Resistance and Immunity.
650 4 _aPrion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000)
650 4 _aDiagnosis of Human Disease, (New March 2000)
650 4 _aTechniques and Methodology.
650 7 _aMan.
_2cabt
650 7 _aMycobacterium tuberculosis.
_2cabt
650 7 _aAntituberculous agents.
_2cabt
650 7 _aDiagnostic techniques.
_2cabt
650 7 _aDrug development.
_2cabt
650 7 _aDrug resistance.
_2cabt
650 7 _aDrug therapy.
_2cabt
650 7 _aHuman diseases.
_2cabt
650 7 _aImmunization.
_2cabt
650 7 _aLaboratory diagnosis.
_2cabt
650 7 _aTuberculosis.
_2cabt
650 7 _aVaccination.
_2cabt
650 7 _aVaccine development.
_2cabt
650 7 _aVaccines.
_2cabt
655 0 _aElectronic books.
690 _aHH405
690 _aHH410
690 _aHH600
690 _aVV210
690 _aVV720
690 _aZZ900
700 1 _aMcHugh, Timothy D.
_q(Timothy Daniel),
_eeditor of compilation.
710 2 _aC.A.B. International,
_eissuing body.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tTuberculosis.
_dOxfordshire : CAB International, c2013.
_z9781845938079
_w(DLC)2012030958
830 0 _aAdvances in molecular and cellular microbiology ;
_v21.
856 4 0 _uhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845938079.0000
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