Canadian Tuberculosis Standards 6th Edition - 2007

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For a PDF Version of the Canadian Tuberculosis Standards 6^th Edition – 2007 please contact ccdic-clmti@phac-aspc.gc.ca

How to obtain hard copies:

1. Individuals or organizations involved in tuberculosis prevention and control across Canada.
   The Public Health Agency of Canada has already planned to send you complimentary copies of the standards.  If you haven’t received your copy(ies) by the beginning of March 2008, please contact your regional Lung Association . Shipping costs may apply.

2. Members of the public.
   Please contact your regional Lung Association . Shipping costs may apply.

3. Individuals or organizations involved in tuberculosis prevention and control outside Canada.

   Please contact the Canadian Thoracic Society
   Tel.: 613-569-6411 Ext. 270
   Email: ctsinfo@lung.ca  (English)
   infosct@poumon.ca (Français)
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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