Tuberculosis. The Current Situation and Future Challenges
Dec 2017 · GRIN Verlag
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Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Medicine - Epidemiology, grade: 1, Egerton University, language: English, abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) remains to be one of the most challenging issues in healthcare. It continues to cause a high number of deaths, globally. According to the current WHO report, TB caused 784,000 deaths in 2015, and there were 10.4 million new TB cases reported in the same year. Based on this high mortality caused by TB, it is apparent that the disease has emerged among the top ten killers worldwide. Therefore, this case study report provides a comprehensive discussion on the key epidemiological features of TB, including causative agent, prevalence, why TB is a serious threat, diagnostic, and issues associated with its diagnosis. Additionally, the study provides current treatment, drug resistance and future recommendations.
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