The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one-third of the world's population is infected with the bacteria that cause tuberculosis. About 2 million people die from TB each year.1
References
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Nachega JB, Chaisson RE (2003). Tuberculosis drug resistance: A global threat. Clinical Infectious Disease, 36(Suppl 1): S24–S30.
World Health Organization (2006). Global tuberculosis control: Surveillance, planning, financing. Available online: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/2006/download_centre/en/index.html.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Trends in tuberculosis—United States, 2005. MMWR, 54(MM-11): 305–308.
Credits
| Author | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Denele Ivins |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Alfred A. Lardizabal, MD - Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine/Tuberculosis |
| Last Updated | May 16, 2007 |
Alfred A. Lardizabal, MD - Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine/Tuberculosis
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