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" Tuberculosis : "
edited by Timothy D. McHugh.
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BL
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566357
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b395576
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| Title & Author
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Tuberculosis : : laboratory diagnosis and treatment strategies /\ edited by Timothy D. McHugh.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxfordshire ;Boston, MA :: CAB International,, c2013.
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| Series Statement
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Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ;; 21
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xii, 270 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm.
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9781845938079 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Improving upon sputum smear microscopy for diagnosis of tuberculosis in resource-poor settings / Andrew Ramsay, Karen R Steingart, and Madhukar Pai -- 2. Molecular diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis / Anna Bateson, Kate Reddington, and Justin O'Grady -- 3. Improving on the LJ slope : automated liquid culture / Miguel Viveiros ... [et al.] -- 4. Interferon gamma release assays in the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection / Ajit Lalvani, Manish Pareek -- 5. Measuring TB immune responses in the lung : the correct target? / Ronan Breen, Marc Lipman -- 6. Sniffing out TB / Ruth McNerney, Claire Turner -- 7. Role of phenotypic methods for drug susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis isolates in the era of MDR and XDR epidemics / Leonid Heifets -- 8. Genotypic measures of antibiotic susceptibility / Vanessa Mathys, Barun Mathema, and Pablo Bifani -- 9. Molecular tools for fast identification of resistance and characterization of MDR/XDR-TB / Dick van Soolingen -- 10. Monitoring therapy by bacterial load / Denise M. O'Sullivan -- 11. Modelling responses to tuberculosis treatment / G. R. Davies -- 12. Measuring gene expression by quantitative PCR (qPCR) / Isobella Honeyborne -- 13. Transcriptomic approaches to mapping responses to drug therapy for tuberculosis / Simon J. Waddell, Philip D. Butcher -- 14. Mycobacterial lipid bodies and resuscitation-promoting factor dependency as potential biomarkers of response to chemotherapy / N. J. Garton, G. V. Mukamoloval, and M. R. Barer -- 15. Clinical trials in tuberculosis chemotherapy : the challenges / Stephen H. Gillespie -- 16. The identification of 2-aminothiazole-4-carboxylates (ATCs) as a new class of TB agent : a lesson in HIT identification / Geoff Coxon -- 17. Rifamycins revisited / Martin J. Boeree -- 18. Therapy of the XDR-TB patients with thioridazine :an old drug with new applications / Leonard Amaral ... [et al.] -- 19. Vaccines for tuberculosis / Helen McShane.
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Tuberculosis-- diagnosis.
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Antitubercular Agents.
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Drug Discovery.
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Molecular Diagnostic Techniques.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.99/5075
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RC311.2.T825 2013
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WF 220
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| Added Entry
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McHugh, Timothy D., (Timothy Daniel)
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