Essential Tuberculosis, 1st ed. 2021

This textbook covers the full spectrum of tuberculosis-related topics in a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow, readily accessible format. Filling a significant gap in tuberculosis literature, it addresses tuberculosis sensu latu, mirroring the content of the London Queen Mary University tuberculosis Diploma.

Covering all aspects related to this condition, from prevention, diagnosis and treatment to public and global health, the book provides a broad overview of tuberculosis management. Further, it includes a wealth of case studies and exercises, making it an essential guide for all staff involved in tuberculosis management.

Giovanni Battista Migliori is specialist in Respiratory Medicine and Medical Statistics, and Auditor of Quality Systems. With >30 years of global experience in designing, implementing and evaluating tuberculosis (TB) & TB/HIV control programmes globally, he is Head of Clinical Epidemiology of Respiratory Diseases Service  and Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for TB and Lung Diseases at Maugeri Research Institute, Tradate, Italy, active in TB control, training and research activities. He was nominated Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), London (honorary nomination, 2012), Foundation Fellow of the European Respiratory Society (FERS, 2014) and Fellow of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (FAPSR 2015). He is Honorary Professor at the Queen Mary University (London) and Visiting Professor at the University of Monterrey (Mexico) and Insubria (Italy). He has published >500 peer-rev^20,000 citations) in different languages  with the top number of publications on MDR/XDR-TB globally. He is author of the latest TB guidelines of WHO, ECDC and ATS/IDSA/ERS/CDC. He has created and directed over 100 WHO Training Courses for TB &TB/HIV consultants and managers belonging to the ‘Sondalo initiative’ (which trained about 50% of the global human workforces active in TB control). He is currently Chief Editor of the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Section Editor for TB of the European Respiratory Journal and Associate Editor of Pulmonology and of the Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia. Former Secretary General of the ERS, President of the UNION (European Region) and member of WHO STAG (the WHO technical advisory group), he is chair of the GTN (Global Tuberculosis Network) and of the European Research Initiative (ERI) of WHO EURO. He received the Rotary Career Prize (2009), the lifetime award by Diligentia (The Netherlands an

Covers Tuberculosis sensu latu

Written by an international and interdisciplinary panel of experts

Includes a wealth of case studies and exercises