Tuberculosis remains one of the most prevalent, deadly, and underdiagnosed infectious diseases in the world. In children, this burden is doubly problematic because of the disease""s unique clinical characteristics and its need for special public health and diagnostic techniques. After decades of relative inattention to these factors, childhood tuberculosis has now grown into an important area of competency for child health programs in low-burden areas, including the United States.

The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Tuberculosis is a state of the art clinical reference written and edited by the world""s leading experts in childhood tuberculosis. It offers clinicians in any geography or setting practical, evidence-based advice on all aspects of the disease, including its natural history, epidemiology, presentation, treatment, and prevention all in a format that synthesizes literature with the clinical experience of the leading authorities in this challenging field.

As the need for childhood tuberculosis services in child health programs grows, this handbook provides a new benchmark for practitioners and trainees in pediatrics, infectious disease, pulmonary medicine, and public health to better understand this persisting and difficult disease.

CONTENTS:
1. A Brief History of Childhood Tuberculosis
2. Microbiology and Pathology of Tuberculosis
3. Immunology of Tuberculosis
4. Natural History of Childhood Tuberculosis
5. Global Epidemiology of Childhood Tuberculosis
6. Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection in Children
7. Microbiologic Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Disease in Children
8. Radiology of Childhood Tuberculosis
9. Diagnosis of Intrathoracic Tuberculosis
10. Diagnosis of the Most Common Forms of Extrathoracic Tuberculosis in Children
11. Central Nervous System Tuberculosis in Children
12. Tuberculosis in Adolescents
13. Tuberculosis in Neonates and Infants
14. Tuberculosis in HIV-infected and -Exposed Infants, Children and Adolescents
15. Antituberculosis Drugs in Children
16. Treatment of Tuberculosis Infection in Children
17. Management of Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis in Children
18. Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Children
19. Tuberculosis Vaccines: the old and the New
20. Mycobacterium bovis non-BCG in Children
21. Public Health and Programmatic Issues for Childhood Tuberculosis
22. The Roadmap for Childhood Tuberculosis