Document 0885
 DOCN  M9650885
 TI    [Reappearance of tuberculosis, risks and consequences!]
 DT    9605
 AU    Exner-Freisfeld H; Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universitat, Zentrum der
       Inneren Medizin,; Infektiologie, Frankfurt/Main.
 SO    Gesundheitswesen. 1995 Dec;57(12):798-805. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96156883
 AB    WHO estimates that worldwide cases of TB will amount to 8.8 million in
       1995 and 11.9 million in 2005. Compared with the estimated amount of TB
       cases of 7.5 million in 1990 there is a rise by 16.3 percent for 1995
       and by 57.6 per cent for 2005. Treatment costs for TB are relatively
       low. If properly administered the treatment is effective in more than 95
       percent of all cases. The mortality for TB estimated worldwide in 1992
       and related to a population of 100,000 confirms that South East Asia and
       Subsaharian Africa show the highest mortality. The existing statistical
       data for Germany give an indication that the morbidity rate of newly
       acquired TB cases has increased only slightly. This increase is
       exclusively due to immigrants. The emergence of TB in Germany is not so
       serious that preventive measures on a large scale and at high cost are
       required. Doctors should be made aware of the problems of TB and should
       include this disease in their differential diagnosis. As is to be
       expected, the rate of new cases of TB is higher for members of
       disadvantaged groups and recipients of social welfare. The potential
       risk is growing wherever there may be unfavourable economic development.
       More attention will have to be given to those groups of people who carry
       a higher risk of infecting others. Between 5 and 10 per cent of
       HIV-infected patients in Germany also contract TB. WHO estimates that
       there will be about 88.2 million cases of TB worldwide during the ten
       years period from 1990 to 1999. About 8 million of these cases could be
       attributable to HIV infection.
 DE    AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Comparative Study  Cross-Cultural Comparison
       Cross-Sectional Studies  Developing Countries  English Abstract  Human
       Incidence  Risk Factors  Tuberculosis,
       Pulmonary/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/  TRANSMISSION  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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