HIV and tuberculosis : a formidable alliance /

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Group Author: Sereti, Irini (Editor); Bisson, Gregory P. (Editor); Meintjes, Graeme (Editor)
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: [2019]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: x, 347 pages : illustrations (some color), forms ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783030291075 (hardback) :
3030291073 (hardback)
Index Number: RC606
CLC: R512.910.6
Call Number: R512.910.6/H918-1
Contents: 1. Overview of the HIV-associated tuberculosis epidemic -- 2 . Epidemiology of Drug-susceptible, Drug-resistant Tuberculosis and HIV in Africa -- 3. Modelling the HIV-associated TB epidemic and the impact of interventions aimed at epidemic control -- 4. Immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the impact of HIV infection -- 5. Clinical Manifestations of HIV-associated tuberculosis in adults -- 6. The tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) -- 7. Diagnosis of HIV-associated tuberculosis -- 8. Recent advances in the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection among adults living with HIV -- 9. Treatment of drug-sensitive tuberculosis in persons with HIV -- 10. Drug-resistant TB and HIV -- 11. Co-treatment of tuberculosis and HIV: pharmacologic considerations -- 12. HIV and TB in children -- 13. Neurological TB in HIV.