Mycobacteria (2 Volume Set)

This two-volume set covers the subject of mycobacteria.

Volume I: taxonomy of the mycobacteria; mycobacterial cell architecture; mechanisms of drug resistance; molecular biology of mycobacteria; molecular approaches to the detection of mycobacteria; pathogenesis of mycobacterial diseases; transmission of tuberculosis; mini-epidemics of tuberculosis; immunology of tuberculosis; modern approaches for immunization against tuberculosis; animal models for tuberculosis; current procedures in identification of mycobacteria; laboratory procedures for developing countries; summary and future trends. Volume II: global aspects of TB; antituberculosis drugs; experimental chemotherapy of mycobacterial diseases; controlled clinical trials in tuberculosis - lessons to be drawn; chemotherapy of tuberculosis in developed countries; chemotherapy of tuberculosis in developing countries; chemotherapy of drug resistant tuberculosis - in the context of developed and developing countries; chemotherapy of tuberculosis with AIDs; chemotherapy of extra pulmonary tuberculosis; chemotherapy of non-tuberculosis mycobacterial diseases; prophylactic chemotherapy; failure of chemotherapy; newer strategies of chemotherapy of tuberculosis; global epidemology of leprosy; treatment of leprisy epidimology of leprosy-experimental and clinical aspects; conclusions and future prospects.