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The Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis

Author(s) -

Isabelle Suárez,

Sarah Maria Fünger,

Stefan Kröger,

Jessica Rademacher,

Gerd Fätkenheuer,

Jan Rybniker

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

deutsches ärzteblatt international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1866-0452

DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0729

Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , pyrazinamide , ethambutol , rifampicin , isoniazid , sputum , incidence (geometry) , mycobacterium tuberculosis , population , pediatrics , disease , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology , environmental health , physics , optics

Around 10 million people worldwide contract tuberculosis every year. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately one-quarter of the world's population is latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In Ger- many, the incidence of tuberculosis was in decline over several decades but rose in 2015 to 7.3 new cases per 100 000 persons. In 2018, a total of 5429 new cases were documented, corresponding to 6.5 new cases per 100 000 persons.

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