RT Book, Section
A1 Marais, Ben J.
A2 Shah, Samir S.
SR Print(0)
ID 6906619
T1 Chapter 36. Childhood Tuberculosis
T2 Pediatric Practice: Infectious Disease
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-148924-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6906619
RD 2024/04/17
AB Tuberculosis  (TB)  is  an  ancient  disease;  suggestive  spinal  changes  have  been  described  in  Neolithic  man,  and  clear  evidence  of  TB  bone  lesions  have  been  found  in  mummified  remains  from  Egypt.1  Hippocrates  (460–377  BC)  introduced  the  ancient  Greek  term  for  TB,  phthisis,  better  known  as  consumption.1  Although  TB  is  an  ancient  disease,  it  remains  one  of  the  major  public  health  challenges  of  the  new  millennium.  Fuelled  mainly  by  rampant  third  world  poverty  and  the  human  immunodeficiency  virus  (HIV)  epidemic,  TB  affects  and  kills  more  people  today  than  ever  before.  The  gravity  of  the  situation  is  reflected  by  (1)  the  fact  that  the  epidemic  continues  to  escalate  despite  the  declaration  of  a  global  TB  emergency  by  the  World  Health  Organization  (WHO)  in  1993  and  (2)  the  increased  transmission  of  drug-resistant  TB.