Emerging respiratory infections in the 21st century 1st Edition by Alimuddin Zumla,Wing Wai Yew,David S C Hui ISBN 1437724604 978-1437724608

Respiratory infections are among the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. These infections present a special challenge to physicians for several reasons, including of the recent disasters caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and bird and swine influenza, the increase in viral and bacterial resistance to currently available anti-microbial drugs, the increased frequency of new viral lung infections in clinical practice, and the worldwide emergence of deadly drug-resistant forms of TB. For these reasons, it is important for infectious disease specialists to have an overview of emerging respiratory infections.

Table of contents: 

• Front Cover
• Contributors
• Contents
• Preface
• Erratum
• Chapter 1: Emerging Bacterial, Fungal, and Viral Respiratory Infections in Transplantation
• Chapter 2: Common and Emerging Fungal Pulmonary Infections
• Chapter 3: Emerging and Established Parasitic Lung Infestations
• Chapter 4: Emerging, Novel, and Known Influenza Virus Infections in Humans
• Chapter 5: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Coronavirus
• Chapter 6: Respiratory Infections Due to Drug-Resistant Bacteria
• Chapter 7: Occupation-Related Respiratory Infections Revisited
• Chapter 8: Pulmonary Infectious Complications of Tumor Necrosis Factor Blockade
• Chapter 9: The Convergence of the Global Smoking, COPD, Tuberculosis, HIV, and Respiratory Infection Epidemics
• Chapter 10: Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis: Epidemiology and Management Challenges
• Chapter 11: Childhood Tuberculosis: An Emerging and Previously Neglected Problem
• Chapter 12: Tuberculosis in the Global Aging Population
• Chapter 13: Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Diseases
• Chapter 14: Emerging Advances in Rapid Diagnostics of Respiratory Infections
• Chapter 15: Antiviral Drug Resistance: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications
• Index