Table of Contents

Volume 1: Preface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. Biographical sketch of Dr. P.R.J. Gangadharam and Dr. P.A. Jenkins. Taxonomy of mycobacteria; M. Goodfellow, J.G. Magee. Drug resistance in tubercle bacilli; P.R.J. Gangadharam. Molecular biology of mycobacterium tuberculosis; T.M. Shinnick. Molecular approaches to the detection of mycobacteria; J.T. Crawford. Pathogenesis of mycobacterial disease; J.M. Grange. Transmission of mycobacteria; J.O. Falkinham III. Noscomial mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreaks: risk factors, prevention intervention efficacy, and guidelines; W.R. Javis. Immunology of tuberculosis; M.V. Reddy, B.R. Andersen. The immunological cause, prevention, and treatment of tuberculosis; J.L. Stanford. Animal models for tuberculosis research; F.M. Collins. Speciation of mycobacteria in clinical laboratories; L.B. Heifets, P.A. Jenkins. Tuberculosis laboratory procedures for developing countries; I.N. de Kantor, A. Laszio. Index. Volume 2: Preface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. Biographical sketch of Dr. P.R.J. Gangadharam and Dr. P.A. Jenkins. Global aspects of tuberculosis; N.E. Billo. Basic concepts in the chemotherapy of tuberculosis; D.A. Mitchtson. Experimental chemotherapy of mycobacterial diseases; J. Grosset, B. Ji. Controlled clinical trials in tuberculosis: lessons to be drawn; S. Radhakrishma. Chemotherapy of tuberculosis in developed countries; A.K. Dutt, J.B. Mehta. Treatment of tuberculosis in low-income countries; D.A. Enarson, P.C. Hopewell. Chemotherapy of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the context of developed and developing countries; T. Shimao. Tuberculosis and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; R. Shaw, R.J. Coker. The management of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis; L.P. Ormerod. Chemotherapy of nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases; I.A. Campbell, P.A. Jenkins, R.J. Wallace. Preventive therapy for tuberculosis; L.J. Geiter. Failures in tuberculosis chemotherapy; P. Chaulet, N. Zidouni. New drugs and strategies for chemotherapy of tuberculosis; P.R.J. Gangadharam. Epidemiology of leprosy; S.K. Noordeen. Treatment of leprosy; B. Ji. Index.

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