Canadian Tuberculosis Standards 6th Edition - 2007

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Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Epidemiology
  • Chapter 1. Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Canada
    Melissa Phypers, Dennis Kunimoto, Marcel Behr, Derek Scholten, Edward Ellis
• Medical Aspects of Tuberculosis
  • Chapter 2. Mycobacteriology Laboratory Standards: Services and Policies
    Joyce Wolfe, Kym Antonation, Meenu Kaushal Sharma
  • Chapter 3. Transmission and Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis
    Richard Long, Kevin Schwartzman
  • Chapter 4. Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease
    Dick Menzies, Kamran Khan
  • Chapter 5. Nonrespiratory Tuberculosis
    Victoria Cook, Richard Long
  • Chapter 6. Treatment of Tuberculosis Disease and Infection
    Vernon H. Hoeppner, Heather Ward, Kevin Elwood
  • Chapter 7. Drug-resistant Tuberculosis
    Richard Long, Monica Avendano, Lori Whitehead
  • Chapter 8. Pediatric Tuberculosis
    Ian Kitai, Patricia Malloy, Alice Kowalczyk, Richard Long
  • Chapter 9. Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus
    Stan Houston, Paul Brassard, Mark FitzGerald, Wendy Wobeser
  • Chapter 10. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease
    Robert L. Cowie, Stephen K. Field, Anne Fanning
• Public Health Aspects of Tuberculosis
  • Chapter 11. The Role of Public Health in Tuberculosis Control
    Robert Stirling , Donald A. Enarson
  • Chapter 12. Contact Follow-up and Outbreak Management in Tuberculosis Control
    Terry-Nan Tannenbaum, Lilian Yuan, Tamara Wallington
  • Chapter 13. Surveillance and Screening in Tuberculosis Control Wendy Wobeser, Lilian Yuan, Brian Gushulak, Jerome Bickenback, Elaine Randell
  • Chapter 14. Tuberculosis Control in First Nations and Inuit Populations Pamela Orr, Cheryl Case, Teresa Mersereau, Marcus Lem
  • Chapter 15. Immigration and Tuberculosis Control in Canada Brian Gushulak, Sylvie Martin
  • Chapter 16. Tuberculosis Control Within Institutions Dick Menzies, Michael Gardam
  • Chapter 17. Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Vaccination in Canada Kevin Elwood, Mark FitzGerald
• International Aspects
  • Chatper 18. Canada and International Tuberculosis Control Donald A. Enarson, Anne Fanning, Edward Ellis
• Appendices
  • Appendix A

    Contributors
    Appendix B

    Canadian Tuberculosis Surveillance Systems
    Appendix C

    Definition of Terms
    Appendix D

    Interferon-Gamma Release Assays for Latent Tuberculosis Infection: An Advisory Committee Statement (ACS) from the Canadian Tuberculosis Committee
    Appendix E

    Tuberculosis Education and Training Resources
    Linette McElroy
    Appendix F

    BCG Vaccine Usage in Canada – Current and Historical
    Appendix G

    Recommendations for the Screening and Prevention of Tuberculosis in Patients with Human Immunodefi ciency Virus (HIV) and the Screening for HIV in Tuberculosis Patients and their Contacts
    Appendix H

    International Standards for Tuberculosis Care
    Appendix I

    Guidelines for the Investigation and Follow-up of Individuals Under Medical Surveillance for Tuberculosis after Arrival in Canada (2007)
     
• Index