Title: Tuberculosis<br/>Author: Jon Mark Hirshon<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/96/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p>
<strong>Tuberculosis (TB) is a major infectious disease that occurs worldwide.</strong></p>
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TB is second only to HIV/AIDS for the number of individuals killed worldwide from a single agent.</li>
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In 2013, 1.5 million died from TB and 9 million became ill</li>
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The vast majority (>95%) of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries</li>
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<strong>Fortunately, public health and clinical measures have had some success.</strong></p>
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The estimated number of individuals annually become ill with TB is declining</li>
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The TB death rate dropped 45% between 1990 and 2014</li>
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An estimated 37 million lives were saved between 2000 and 2013 through diagnosis and treatment</li>
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<strong>Bottom line:</strong></p>
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a major killer worldwide.</li>
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Treatments are available to treat both latent and active disease
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See: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/treatment/</li>
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Good clinical awareness is key to disease identification</li>
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