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Understanding Tuberculosis - Global Experiences and Innovative Approaches to the Diagnosis

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Understanding Tuberculosis
Understanding Tuberculosis Global Experiences and Innovative Approaches to the Diagnosis Edited by Pere-Joan Cardona

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Pere-Joan Cardona
Pere-Joan Cardona ORCID icon for 0000-0001-5623-7873

Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol,
Spain

Published 15 February 2012

Doi 10.5772/1483

ISBN 978-953-307-938-7

eBook (PDF) ISBN 978-953-51-4360-4

Copyright year 2012

Number of pages 564

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Open access  chapters

1. Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

By N. Esther Babady and Nancy L. Wengenack

18,621
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2. Laboratory Diagnosis of Latent and Active Tuberculosis Infections in Trinidad & Tobago and Determination of Drug Susceptibility Profile of Tuberculosis Isolates in the Caribbean

By Patrick Eberechi Akpaka and Shirematee Baboolal

3,285
3. Tuberculosis is Still a Major Challenge in Africa

By Simeon I.B. Cadmus, Osman El Tayeb and Dick van Soolingen

2,772
4. Tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia

By Sahal Al-Hajoj

8,759
1
5. Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

By Faten Al-Zamel

5,941
6. Diagnosis of Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Low-Income Countries: Current Evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa with Special Focus on HIV Infection or AIDS

By Claude Mambo Muvunyi and Florence Masaisa

5,852
7. Immunologic Diagnosis of Neurotuberculosis

By Iacob Simona Alexandra, Banica Dorina, Iacob Diana Gabriela, Panaitescu Eugenia, Radu Irina and Cojocaru Manole

3,481
8. Diagnostic Methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Challenges in Its Detection in India

By Shamsher S. Kanwar

6,219
1
9. Management of TB in HIV Subjects, the Experience in Thailand

By Attapon Cheepsattayakorn

2,860
10. Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Biorisk, Biosafety and Biocontainment

By Wellman Ribón

5,077
1
11. New Diagnostics for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

By Michaela Lucas, Andrew Lucas and Silvana Gaudieri

2,940
12. Nanodiagnostics for Tuberculosis

By Bruno Veigas, Gonçalo Doria and Pedro V. Baptista

4,787
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13. Sputum Smear Microscopy for Tuberculosis: Evaluation of Autofocus Functions and Automatic Identification of Tuberculosis Mycobacterium

By Cicero F. F. Costa Filho and Marly G. F. Costa

5,777
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14. The Use of Phage for Detection, Antibiotic Sensitivity Testing and Enumeration

By Catherine Rees and George Botsaris

4,971
9
15. Molecular Imaging in TB: From the Bench to the Clinic

By Nuria Andreu, Paul T. Elkington and Siouxsie Wiles

3,299
2
16. Data Mining Techniques in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

By T. Asha, S. Natarajan and K. N. B. Murthy

4,273
15
17. Immunological Diagnosis of Active and Latent TB

By Beata Shiratori, Hiroki Saitoh, Umme Ruman Siddiqi, Jingge Zhao, Haorile Chagan-Yasutan, Motoki Usuzawa, Chie Nakajima, Yasuhiko Suzuki and Toshio Hattori

7,139
18. Immune Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Through Novel Technologies

By Miguel A. Arroyo-Ornelas, Ma. Concepción Arenas-Arrocena, Horacio V. Estrada, Victor M. Castaño and Luz M. López-Marín

3,384
19. Exosomes: New Tuberculosis Biomarkers – Prospects From the Bench to the Clinic

By Nicole A. Kruh-Garcia, Jeff S. Schorey and Karen M. Dobos

5,146
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20. Molecular Techniques for Identification of Species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex: The use of Multiplex PCR and an Adapted HPLC Method for Identification of Mycobacterium bovis and Diagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis

By Eduardo Eustáquio de Souza Figueiredo, Carlos Adam Conte Júnior, Leone Vinícius Furlanetto, Flávia Galindo Silvestre Silva, Rafael Silva Duarte, Joab Trajano Silva, Walter Lilenbaum and Vânia Margaret Flosi Paschoalin

4,892
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21. Survey and Molecular Characterization of Drug- Resistant M. tuberculosis Clinical Isolates from Zunyi, Guizhou Province of China

By Ling Chen, Hong Zhang, Jian-Yong Zhang, Na-Na Li, Mei Liu, Zhao-Jing Zong, Jian-Hua Wang and Sheng-Lan Wang

3,118
22. Molecular Biological Techniques for Detection of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR) and Extremely Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR) in Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

By K.L. Therese, R. Gayathri and H.N. Madhavan

3,677
1
23. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Drug Resistance: Opportunies and Challenges in Morocco

By I. Chaoui1, M. Abid, My. El Messaoudi and My. D. El Mzibri

10,149
24. Pattern of Circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains in Sri Lanka

By Dhammika Magana-Arachchi

2,847
1
25. Health Interventions to Improve the Medication Efficacy in Tuberculosis Treatment

By Jean Leandro dos Santos, Chung Man Chin, Ednir de Oliveira Vizioli, Fernando Rogério Pavan and Luiz Antonio Dutra

3,214

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