Understanding Tuberculosis - Global Experiences, Innov. Apprs. to the Diag.

00 preface_ Understanding Tuberculosis - Global Experiences and Innovative Approaches to the Diagnosis......Page 1
Part 1_ Experience on Laboratory diagnosis around the World......Page 11
01_ Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics for
Mycobacterium tuberculosis......Page 13
02_ Laboratory Diagnosis of Latent and Active
Tuberculosis Infections in Trinidad & Tobago
and Determination of Drug Susceptibility Profile
of Tuberculosis Isolates in the Caribbean......Page 47
03_ Tuberculosis is Still a Major Challenge in Africa......Page 69
04_ Tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia......Page 81
05_ Diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis......Page 97
06_ Diagnosis of Smear-Negative Pulmonary
Tuberculosis in Low-Income Countries:
Current Evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa with
Special Focus on HIV Infection or AIDS......Page 137
07_ Immunologic Diagnosis of Neurotuberculosis......Page 157
08_ Diagnostic Methods for Mycobacterium
tuberculosis and Challenges
in Its Detection in India......Page 181
09_ Management of TB in HIV Subjects,
the Experience in Thailand......Page 193
10_ Mycobacterium tuberculosis:
Biorisk, Biosafety and Biocontainment......Page 213
Part 2_ New approaches to the TB diagnosis......Page 247
11_ New Diagnostics for Mycobacterium
tuberculosis......Page 249
12_ Nanodiagnostics for Tuberculosis......Page 267
13_ Sputum Smear Microscopy for Tuberculosis: Evaluation of Autofocus Functions and Automatic Identification of Tuberculosis Mycobacterium......Page 287
14_ The Use of Phage for Detection, Antibiotic
Sensitivity Testing and Enumeration......Page 303
15_ Molecular Imaging in TB:
From the Bench to the Clinic......Page 317
16_ Data Mining Techniques in the
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis......Page 343
17_ Immunological Diagnosis
of Active and Latent TB......Page 363
18_ Immune Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
Through Novel Technologies......Page 389
19_ Exosomes: New Tuberculosis Biomarkers –
Prospects From the Bench to the Clinic......Page 405
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......Page 421
Part 3_ Improving detection and control of resistances......Page 443
21_ Survey and Molecular Characterization of Drug-
Resistant M. tuberculosis Clinical Isolates
from Zunyi, Guizhou Province of China......Page 445
22_ Molecular Biological Techniques for Detection
of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis
(MDR) and Extremely Drug Resistant
Tuberculosis (XDR) in Clinical Isolates
of Mycobacterium tuberculosis......Page 465
23_ Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
and Drug Resistance: Opportunies
and Challenges in Morocco......Page 481
24_ Pattern of Circulating Mycobacterium
tuberculosis Strains in Sri Lanka......Page 521
25_ Health Interventions to Improve
the Medication Efficacy in
Tuberculosis Treatment......Page 537