Tuberculosis: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Authors: John A. Sbarbaro
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1995)

Editorials15 June 1995Tuberculosis: Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowJohn A. Sbarbaro, MD, MPHJohn A. Sbarbaro, MD, MPHUniversity of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-122-12-199506150-00011 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Tuberculosis has plagued humans for more than three millennia and still rages through many countries of the world. In the United States, however, rapidly declining rates of the disease had combined with effective chemotherapy to relegate tuberculosis to a diagnostic afterthought. This changed with reports of mini-epidemics of tuberculosis within hospitals, accounts of health workers dying of disease caused by multidrug-resistant organisms, and the recent imposition of strict infection control requirements from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.A renewed interest in the disease has resulted. Tuberculosis has become a featured topic in many continuing medical education programs, conferences, and ...References1. Stead WW. Management of health care workers after inadvertent exposure to tuberculosis: a guide for the use of preventive therapy. Ann Intern Med. 1995; 122:906-12. Google Scholar2. Templeton GL, Illing LA, Young L, Cave MD, Stead WW, Bates JH. The risk for transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the bedside and during autopsy. Ann Intern Med. 1995; 121:922-5. Google Scholar3. Moulding T, Dutt AK, Reichman LB. Fixed-dose combinations of antituberculous medications to prevent drug resistance. Ann Intern Med. 1995; 122:951-4. Google Scholar4. Snider DE Jr, Kelly GD, Cauthen GM, Thompson NJ, Kilburn JO. Infection and disease among contacts of tuberculosis cases with drug-resistant and drug-susceptible bacilli. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1985; 132:125-32. Google Scholar5. Gryzbowski S, Barnett GD, Styblo K. Contacts of cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis. Bull Int Union Tuberc. 1975; 50:90-116. Google Scholar6. Sbarbaro JA. Tuberculosis: the new challenge to the practicing clinician. Chest. 1975; 68(3 Suppl):436-43. Google Scholar7. Peloquin CA, Berning SE. Infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Ann Pharmacother. 1994; 28:72-84. Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262Corresponding Author: John A. Sbarbaro, MD, 2908 Pierson Way, Lakewood, CO 80215. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoThe Risk for Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the Bedside and during Autopsy Gary L. Templeton , Lee Ann Illing , Lanne Young , Donald Cave , William W. Stead , and Joseph H. Bates Fixed-Dose Combinations of Antituberculous Medications To Prevent Drug Resistance Thomas Moulding , Asim K. Dutt , and Lee B. Reichman Management of Health Care Workers after Inadvertent Exposure to Tuberculosis: A Guide for the Use of Preventive Therapy William W. Stead Metrics Cited ByControl y supervisión del enfermo tuberculosoThe treatment of tuberculosis 15 June 1995Volume 122, Issue 12Page: 955-956KeywordsDrugsIsoniazidNursing homesPrevention, policy, and public healthPreventive medicineSkin infectionsSputumTuberculinTuberculin testsTuberculosis Issue Published: 15 June 1995 CopyrightCopyright © 1995 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...