Handbook of Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis

by Jeffrey R. Starke, Peter R. Donald

Overview

Tuberculosis remains one of the most prevalent, deadly, and underdiagnosed infectious diseases in the world. In children, this burden is doubly problematic because of the disease's unique clinical characteristics and its need for special public health and diagnostic techniques. After decades of relative inattention to these factors, childhood tuberculosis has now grown into an important area of competency for child health programs in low-burden areas, including the United States.

The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis is a state-of-the-art clinical reference written and edited by the world's leading experts in childhood tuberculosis. It offers clinicians in any geography or setting practical, evidence-based advice on all aspects of the disease, including its natural history, epidemiology, presentation, treatment, and prevention — all in a format that synthesizes literature with the clinical experience of the leading authorities in this challenging field.

As the need for childhood tuberculosis services in child health programs grows, this handbook provides a new benchmark for practitioners and trainees in pediatrics, infectious disease, pulmonary medicine, and public health to better understand this persisting and difficult disease.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190695316
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2017
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Jeffrey R. Starke, MD, has been the Director of the Children's Tuberculosis Clinic at Ben Taub General Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital for 30 years. He has published over 110 articles and 40 chapters on childhood tuberculosis. He has served on numerous advisory and guideline groups, and is a former Chairman of the U.S. CDC Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis. His wife, Joan Shook, is also a pediatrician and all three of their children are in various stages of medical training.

Peter R. Donald, MD, is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is active in various tuberculosis research activities focused on anti-tuberculosis drug assessment in adults and children and various aspects of the management and treatment of childhood tuberculosis. He continues to lecture on childhood tuberculosis throughout the world.

Table of Contents

Preface

About the editors

List of Abbreviations

Contributors

1. A Brief History of Childhood Tuberculosis
Peter R. Donald

2. Microbiology and Pathology of Tuberculosis
Anne-Marie Demers, Andrew C. Whitelaw, Kathleen D. Eisenach

3. Immunology of Tuberculosis
Beate Kampmann, Elizabeth Whittaker

4. Natural History of Childhood Tuberculosis
Ben J. Marais

5. Global Epidemiology of Childhood Tuberculosis
Charalambos Sismanidis, Philille Glaziou, Malgosia Grzemska, Katherine Floyd, Mario Raviglione

6. Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection in Children
Anna M. Mandalakas, Andrew DiNardo

7. Microbiologic Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Disease in Children
Mark P. Nicol, Heather J. Zar

8. Radiology of Childhood Tuberculosis
Savvas Andronikou, Tracy Kilborn

9. Diagnosis of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis
Carlos M. Perez-Velez

10. Diagnosis of the Most Common Forms of Extrathoracic Tuberculosis in Children
H. Simon Schaaf, Anthony J. Garcia-Prats

11. Central Nervous System Tuberculosis in Children
Ronald van Toorn

12. Tuberculosis in Adolescents
Andrea T. Cruz

13. Tuberculosis in Neonates and Infants
Adrie Bekker

14. Tuberculosis in HIV-infected and -Exposed Infants, Children and Adolescents
Helena Rabie, Mark F. Cotton

15. Antituberculosis Drugs in Children
Helen McIlleron

16. Treatment of Tuberculosis Infection in Children
Amina Ahmed

17. Management of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis in Children
Soumya Swaminathan, N. Poorana Ganga Devi

18. Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Children
James Seddon

19. Tuberculosis Vaccines: the old and the New
Kim Connelly Smith, Ian M. Orme, Jeffrey R. Starke

20. Mycobacterium bovis [non-BCG] in Children
Jeffrey R. Starke

21. Public Health and Programmatic Issues for Childhood Tuberculosis
Jeffrey R. Starke

22. The Roadmap for Childhood Tuberculosis
Stephen M. Graham, Anne Detjen


Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Kari Neemann, MD (Children's Hospital)
Description: This book not only details a comprehensive approach to the evaluation and treatment of pediatric patients with tuberculosis, it also provides an extensive history of how we got to where we are now. It serves as an excellent resource for both the developing and developed world.
Purpose: The editors, world renowned experts in the field, have brought together a stellar group of clinicians and researchers with the goal of providing practical advice, guidance, and knowledge regarding the treatment of pediatric tuberculosis. The authors emphasize, rightly so, that tuberculosis in childhood presents uniquely and requires a thorough evaluation of both the patient and the social situation.
Audience: This would be an excellent resource for any practicing clinicians who have the opportunity to evaluate and treat pediatric tuberculosis. It also would be useful to public health professionals participating in active case finding evaluations. The advice this book provides is evidence-based and presented at a level that is appropriate for learners at many stages of training.
Features: The book presents a comprehensive overview of the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis at the different stages of childhood development. For easy accessibility, each chapter begins with highlights of what is discussed in that chapter. There are numerous supportive tables, diagrams, and radiographic images throughout the book. There are also several useful evaluation and treatment algorithms.
Assessment: This is an excellent resource for any healthcare providers who regularly take care of children. Already I have looked to it for guidance on a clinical question and found it very useful. The information and advice it provides appears well supported and practical.

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