Tuberculosis
@article{Escalante2009Tuberculosis, title={Tuberculosis}, author={Patricio Escalante}, journal={The Hospital}, year={2009}, volume={36}, pages={154 - 155} }
Editor's Note: This issue of In the Clinic has been updated. One third of the world population has Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (1). Despite recent progress in the United States, tuberculosis infection remains prevalent in immigrants, immunosuppressed persons, and other high-risk groups (3). Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is the most prevalent form of tuberculosis in the United States (2). LTBI can progress to active tuberculosis disease, especially in individuals with a…Â
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