Tuberculosis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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This thought-provoking biography of tuberculosis presents medical, historical, and social perspectives on this reemergent threat.Tuberculosis is a complicated medical condition that has a rich and important history, a distinctive social context, and an active and destructive present. The disease appears in Greek literature as early as 460 BCE and was a favorite of 19th-century novelists whose heroines often succumbed to "consumption." Through history, the development of TB diagnosis and treatment has been synonymous with events in the development of medicine. Tuberculosis presents TB from the perspective of the people and events that shaped its past and the factors that influence its current global state. The book begins with an essay discussing the importance of the social factors that influence the transmission and progression of TB. The following eight chapters focus on disease-specific information, historical and biographical perspectives, influence on the arts, the current state of TB in the world, and future directions. Throughout, medical information about the disease is intertwined with a historical and cultural perspective to illustrate the state of the disease today.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-02-09
Mått156 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor168
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780313372117

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Series ForewordPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Tuberculosis: Contagion and CauseThe Mycobacterium TuberculosisFrom Exposure to InfectionFrom Infection to DiseaseThe Development of DiseaseDiscovering the Cause: The Germ Theory of DiseaseChapter 2. Signs and Certainty: Tuberculosis Symptoms and DiagnosisSymptomsThe Tools of DiagnosisTuberculin Skin TestTuberculosis Blood TestingChest X-RaySmear and Culture TestingNucleic Acid Amplification TestsDiagnosis in Developing CountriesTuberculosis in Subgroups of PeopleWomenChildrenMigration and ImmigrationChapter 3. The History of TuberculosisTuberculosis in Ancient CivilizationsTuberculosis in Europe: The Middle Ages through the 18th CenturyTuberculosis in 19th-Century EuropeThe History of Tuberculosis in the United StatesChapter 4. Early Efforts to Tame TuberculosisHearing the Sounds of TuberculosisSeeing Inside the Human Body—The Discovery of X-RaysThe Tuberculin Skin Test—Human and Bovine TuberculosisEarly Treatments and CuresThe Sanatorium CureSurgical InterventionPrevention: The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin VaccinePublic Health EffortsChapter 5. Antibiotics: Treatment Success, Challenge, and CureStreptomycin: Discovery of an Antibiotic to Fight TuberculosisMore Antibiotics to Treat TuberculosisStrategies for Improving Treatment AdherenceTreatment of Drug-Resistant TuberculosisTreatment of Latent TuberculosisSide Effects of Tuberculosis TreatmentChapter 6. Tuberculosis in the Arts: From the Ancients to Moulin Rouge!Tuberculosis and LiteratureTuberculosis on the StageTuberculosis in the MoviesTuberculosis Sings the BluesTuberculosis on CanvasRaising Awareness through the ArtsChapter 7. Resurgence of the Social Disease: Tuberculosis Makes a ComebackThe Social DiseasePublic Health Attitudes in the Early Post-Antibiotic YearsThe Resurgence of Tuberculosis in the United StatesThe Resurgence of Tuberculosis in the United KingdomTuberculosis in Prisons: The States of the Former Soviet UnionThe Global Tuberculosis CrisisTuberculosis and HIV Co-InfectionMultidrug-Resistant TuberculosisThe Major Targets of Tuberculosis ControlChapter 8. Tuberculosis and the FutureFuture Drug Treatments for TuberculosisFuture Directions in DiagnosticsThe Future of Tuberculosis VaccinationWorldwide Tuberculosis: The Global EffortEliminating Tuberculosis in the United StatesTuberculosis Does Not Get the Last Word…Tuberculosis TimelineGlossaryBibliographyIndex