The Control of Tuberculosis Infection Worldwide Is Being Questioned

Thought tuberculosis (TB) was an afterthought?  Think again. The rates of the most difficult to eradicate strains — the so-called multi drug resistant (MDR) strains — are creating concern in the epidemiological and public health spheres.  Although not a major problem in this country, the rates of MDR-TB are climbing in developing nations.  The use of what is called “directly observed therapy“, a mode in which patients must take treatment under the supervision of a public health entity, is becoming increasingly challenged practically everywhere.  That fact doesn’t bode well for keeping a key infectious disease as contained as it previously was just a few years ago. | LINK