1. Edition - October 2009
119.- Euro
2009. XX, 300 Pages, Hardcover
45 Fig. (15 Colored Fig.)
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-32270-1
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32270-1 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






Content

Sample Chapter



Short description
Providing timely information on prevention, diagnosis and therapy, this is the first reference to emphasize the increasing coexistence of these two life-threatening diseases. Clearly divided into three sections on immunology and vaccination strategies, drugs, and clinical issues.

From the contents
Introduction: AIDS and TB: A Deadly Liaison (Kaufmann, Walker)

IMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINATION STRATEGIES FOR AIDS AND TB
HIV Immunology and Prospects for Vaccines (Julg, Walker)
Immune Response to Tuberculosis as Basis for Rational Vaccination Strategies (Kaufmann, Stenger)
BCG Vaccination in the HIV+ Newborn (Hanekom, Hussey)

DRUGS
HIV/AIDS Drugs (Gulick)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Drug Resistance and Genetic Mechanisms - Facts, Artifacts and Fallacies (Böttger, Springer)
HIV-TB Drug Interactions (Oni, Pepper, Wilkinson)


CLINICAL ISSUES
Clinical Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of HIV Infection (Dryden-Peterson, Sunpath, Gandhi)
HIV-associated tuberculosis: clinical challenges (Schluger)
TB/AIDS: An Integrated Clinical and Public Health Response (Goldfeld, Corbett)
Extensively drug resistant Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS (Murray, Cohen)
Clinical Issues (including diagnosis): Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) (Grobusch, Menezes, John)