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This volume covers drug treatments for mycobacteria and tuberculosis. It outlines trends of discovery and development of chemotherapy, starting from the mid-50s to present day uses of chemotherapy in treating AIDS, drug resistant tuberculosis, and other non-tuberculosis mycobacterial diseases.

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Author:   P.R. Gangadharam ,  P.A. Jenkins
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   Biosis La 10/97 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 15.20cm
Weight:   0.880kg
ISBN:  

9780412054419

ISBN 10:   0412054418
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   November 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Pattisapu R.J. Gangadharam and P.A. Jenkins; Global aspects of TB, Nils Billo; Antituberculosis drugs, D.A. Mitchison; Experimental chemotherapy of mycobacterial diseases, Jacques Grosset; Controlled clinical trials in tuberculosis - lessons to be drawn, S. Radhakrishna; Chemotherapy of tuberculosis in developed countries, Asim Dutt and Jayant B. Mechta ; Chemotherapy of tuberculosis in developing countries, Donald Enarson and Phillip Hopewell; Chemotherapy of drug resistant tuberculosis - in the context of developed and developing countries, T. Shimao; Chemotherapy of tuberculosis with AIDS, Rory Shaw; Chemotherapy of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, L.P. Ormerod; Chemotherapy of non-tuberculosis mycobacterial diseases, I.A. Campbell, P.A. Jenkins, and Richard Wallace; Prophylactic chemotherapy, Lawrence Geiter; Failure of chemotherapy, P. Chaulet; Newer strategies of chemotherapy of tuberculosis, Pattisapu R.J. Gangadharam; Global epidemiology of leprosy, Noordeen; Treatment of leprosy - experimental and clinical aspects, Dr. Bi Ji; Conclusions and future prospects, Pattisapu R.J. Gangadharam and P.A. Jenkins.

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