Mycobacterium avium-- complex infection : progress in research and treatmentbyJoyce A KorvickConstance A Benson

Introduction / Claude Lenfant -- 1. Epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium Complex / C. Robert Horsburgh, Jr. -- 2. Molecular Epidemiology Techniques for the Study of Mycobacterium avium - Complex Infection / Joseph O. Falkinham III -- 3. Pulmonary Disease Due to Mycobacterium avium Complex / Michael D. Iseman -- 4. Clinical Disease in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons / William J. Burman and David L. Cohn -- 5. Microbiology and In Vitro Susceptibility Testing / Clark B. Inderlied and Kevin A. Nash -- 6. Animal Models in Anti-Mycobacterium avium - Complex Drug Development / Lowell S. Young and Luiz E. Bermudez -- 7. Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium avium - Complex Infection in Humans: Interactions of Monocytes and Mycobacterium avium / Hiroe Shiratsuchi, John L. Johnson and Jerrold J. Ellner -- 8. Pharmacokinetics of Drugs Used for the Therapy of Mycobacterium avium - Complex Infection / Aaron D. Killian, Thomas P. Kanyok and G. L. Drusano.

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Product Description
This much needed reference presents the current status of basic and clinical research related to Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) -- examining the epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunopathology, microbiology, clinical manifestations, treatment, and prophylaxis of MAC disease, as well as the pharmacokinetics of newer, anti-MAC therapeutic agents.