Document 0062 DOCN M9480062 TI Tuberculosis in the 1990's. DT 9410 AU Miller WT; Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of; Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. SO Radiol Clin North Am. 1994 Jul;32(4):649-61. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94294597 AB Tuberculosis, an ancient disease undergoing recent control by public hygiene and drug therapy, has experienced a recrudescence in the United States. Factors leading to the increased incidence of tuberculosis include the high incidence of tuberculosis among the AIDS population, an increase in Asian immigrants, and the emergence of drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis. Radiographically, the picture also has changed with a much higher incidence of primary tuberculosis in the adult population. DE Adult Age Factors Antibiotics, Antitubercular/THERAPEUTIC USE Asia/ETHNOLOGY AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY Drug Resistance, Microbial Female Human Incidence Male Mass Chest X-Ray Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tuberculosis/CLASSIFICATION/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/RADIOGRAPHY/THERAPY Tuberculosis, Meningeal/EPIDEMIOLOGY Tuberculosis, Renal/EPIDEMIOLOGY Tuberculosis, Urogenital/EPIDEMIOLOGY United States/EPIDEMIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).