Pathogenesis of Human Pulmonary Tuberculosis

ISBN: 9781555813734

出版社: Amer Society for Microbiology

出版年: 2006-11

页数: 476

定价: $ 169.44

装帧: HRD

内容简介

This book provides in-depth insights into the pathogenesis of human tuberculosis and can serve as both a guide for future research and for the treatment of the disease. It covers the seminal work of Max B. Lurie in the rabbit model of tuberculosis, and the work of the author, who continued to research using the rabbit model after Lurie's death in 1966. updates Lurie's last work that was published in 1964 covering tuberculosis in the rabbit model offers an authoritative account of the current research using the rabbit model presents the pathogenesis of tuberculosis from the inhalation of the bacillus to a fully developed disease and its various manifestations details the key principles of tuberculosis pathogenesis illustrations the pathology of human disease using images from the renowned collection of A. R. Rich and W. G. MacCallum of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine provides a comparison of tuberculosis in rabbits, mice, guinea pigs, and monkeys.