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  • 1Infectious Disease Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.

Clinical Microbiology Reviews
|April 1, 1995
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Tuberculosis is resurging globally due to factors like HIV coinfection and resistant strains. This review details its pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and control strategies for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Microbiology

Background:

  • Tuberculosis (TB) incidence is rising in the US and globally.
  • Contributing factors include declining public health services, immigration from endemic regions, and HIV coinfection.
  • Resistant TB strains pose significant treatment challenges and risk outbreaks in healthcare settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive review of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease.
  • To detail current and emerging strategies for TB diagnosis, treatment, and control.
  • To examine the complex interplay between HIV and TB.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current literature on TB pathogenesis, epidemiology, and clinical presentation.
  • Discussion of advanced laboratory diagnostic techniques, including radiometric culture, DNA probes, and PCR.

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  • Analysis of public health and hospital infection control measures.
  • Exploration of newer epidemiologic investigation tools like restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.

    • Main Results:

    • TB resurgence is linked to public health decline, immigration, and HIV.
    • Drug-resistant TB outbreaks necessitate enhanced infection control.
    • HIV significantly impacts TB presentation and management.
    • Novel diagnostic and epidemiological tools are improving TB detection and tracking.

    Conclusions:

    • Effective control of TB requires integrated public health and hospital infection control strategies.
    • Addressing TB necessitates understanding and managing its interaction with HIV.
    • Adherence to current treatment guidelines and development of new therapies are crucial for combating drug-resistant TB.
    • Prophylaxis strategies for individuals exposed to multidrug-resistant TB require careful consideration.