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Informationen zum Autor Carol A. Dyer , MS, ELS, is a science writer and board-certified editor in the life sciences. Klappentext This thought-provoking biography of tuberculosis presents medical, historical, and social perspectives on this reemergent threat.Tuberculosis is a complicated medical condition that has a rich and important history, a distinctive social context, and an active and destructive present. The disease appears in Greek literature as early as 460 BCE and was a favorite of 19th-century novelists whose heroines often succumbed to "consumption." Through history, the development of TB diagnosis and treatment has been synonymous with events in the development of medicine. Tuberculosis presents TB from the perspective of the people and events that shaped its past and the factors that influence its current global state. The book begins with an essay discussing the importance of the social factors that influence the transmission and progression of TB. The following eight chapters focus on disease-specific information, historical and biographical perspectives, influence on the arts, the current state of TB in the world, and future directions. Throughout, medical information about the disease is intertwined with a historical and cultural perspective to illustrate the state of the disease today. Zusammenfassung This thought-provoking biography of tuberculosis presents medical! historical! and social perspectives on this reemergent threat. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Tuberculosis: Contagion and Cause The Mycobacterium Tuberculosis From Exposure to Infection From Infection to Disease The Development of Disease Discovering the Cause: The Germ Theory of Disease Chapter 2. Signs and Certainty: Tuberculosis Symptoms and Diagnosis Symptoms The Tools of Diagnosis Tuberculin Skin Test Tuberculosis Blood Testing Chest X-Ray Smear and Culture Testing Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests Diagnosis in Developing Countries Tuberculosis in Subgroups of People Women Children Migration and Immigration Chapter 3. The History of Tuberculosis Tuberculosis in Ancient Civilizations Tuberculosis in Europe: The Middle Ages through the 18th Century Tuberculosis in 19th-Century Europe The History of Tuberculosis in the United States Chapter 4. Early Efforts to Tame Tuberculosis Hearing the Sounds of Tuberculosis Seeing Inside the Human Body-The Discovery of X-Rays The Tuberculin Skin Test-Human and Bovine Tuberculosis Early Treatments and Cures The Sanatorium Cure Surgical Intervention Prevention: The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccine Public Health Efforts Chapter 5. Antibiotics: Treatment Success, Challenge, and Cure Streptomycin: Discovery of an Antibiotic to Fight Tuberculosis More Antibiotics to Treat Tuberculosis Strategies for Improving Treatment Adherence Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Side Effects of Tuberculosis Treatment Chapter 6. Tuberculosis in the Arts: From the Ancients to Moulin Rouge! Tuberculosis and Literature Tuberculosis on the Stage Tuberculosis in the Movies Tuberculosis Sings the Blues Tuberculosis on Canvas Raising Awareness through the Arts Chapter 7. Resurgence of the Social Disease: Tuberculosis Makes a Comeback The Social Disease Public Health Attitudes in the Early Post-Antibiotic Years The Resurgence of Tuberculosis in the United States The Resurgence of Tuberculosis in the United Kingdom Tuberculosis in Prisons: The States of the Former Soviet Union The Global Tuberculosis Crisis Tuberculosis and HIV Co-Infection Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis The Major Targets of Tuberculosis Control Chapter...
