AIDS and Tuberculosis: A Deadly Liaison

Copyright © 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

AIDS and Tuberculosis: A Deadly Liaison

Editor(s): Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Bruce D. Walker

Published Online: 21 DEC 2009

Print ISBN: 9783527322701

Online ISBN: 9783527627905

DOI: 10.1002/9783527627905

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Providing the latest information on preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of tuberculosis and AIDS, this is the only book to place a major emphasis on the increasing coexistence of these two life-threatening diseases in individuals.
Edited by outstanding scientists in the field, this ready reference is divided into three main sections covering immunology and vaccination strategies, drugs, and clinical issues.
Timely reading for microbiologists, virologists, bacteriologists, immunologists, and pathophysiologists, as well as for the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages I–XX)

  2. Part One: Immunology and Vaccination Strategies for AIDS and TB

    1. Chapter 1

      HIV Immunology and Prospects for Vaccines (pages 1–29)

      Boris Julg and Prof. Bruce D. Walker

    2. Chapter 2

      Immune Response to Tuberculosis as a Basis for Rational Vaccination Strategies (pages 31–54)

      Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Stefan H. E. Kaufmann and Steffen Stenger

    3. Chapter 3

      BCG Vaccination in the HIV + Newborn (pages 55–74)

      Willem A. Hanekom and Gregory D. Hussey

  3. Part Two: Drugs

    1. Chapter 4

      HIV/AIDS Drugs (pages 75–101)

      Roy M. Gulick

    2. Chapter 5

      Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Drug Resistance and Genetic Mechanisms – Facts, Artifacts, and Fallacies (pages 103–121)

      Erik C. Böttger and Burkhard Springer

    3. Chapter 6

      HIV–TB Drug Interactions (pages 123–153)

      Tolu Oni, Dominique J. Pepper and Robert J. Wilkinson

  4. Part Three: Clinical Issues

    1. Chapter 7

      Clinical Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of HIV Infection (pages 155–190)

      Scott Dryden-Peterson, Henry Sunpath and Rajesh T. Gandhi

    2. Chapter 8

      HIV-Associated Tuberculosis: Clinical Challenges (pages 191–208)

      Neil W. Schluger

    3. Chapter 9

      TB/AIDS Coinfection: An Integrated Clinical and Research Response (pages 209–252)

      Anne E. Goldfeld and Elizabeth L. Corbett

    4. Chapter 10

      Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS (pages 253–275)

      Megan Murray and Ted Cohen

    5. Chapter 11

      Clinical Issues (Including Diagnosis): Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) (pages 277–290)

      Martin P. Grobusch, Colin N. Menezes and Melanie-Anne John

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      Index (pages 291–300)

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