RT Book, Section
A1 Starke, Jeffrey R.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7026129
T1 Chapter 269. Tuberculosis (Mycobacteria Tuberculosis)
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7026129
RD 2024/04/19
AB Despite  important  advances  in  its  treatment  over  the  past  two  decades,  tuberculosis  remains  a  major  infectious  disease.  Approximately  one  third  of  the  world’s  population  harbors  Mycobacterium  tuberculosis  and  is  at  risk  for  developing  disease  in  the  near  or  distant  future.  The  incidence  and  prevalence  of  tuberculosis  increased  over  the  past  15  years  partly  due  to  the  human  immunodeficiency  virus  (HIV)  epidemic  and  the  prevalence  of  drug-resistant  tuberculosis.  The  failure  to  control  tuberculosis  in  both  developed  and  developing  countries  represents  one  of  our  greatest  public  health  failures.