Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections (7TH)

Specialists in infectious diseases and other areas of medicine update again the broad reference on tuberculosis and related mycobacterial infections. In sections on general considerations, clinical syndromes, and nontuberculous mycobacteria, it examines such aspects as laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the role of surgery in the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, central nervous system tuberculosis, cardiovascular tuberculosis, tuberculosis associated with HIV infection, and Mycobacterium bovis and other uncommon members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Annotation 2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)