Tuberculosis at the beginning of the third millennium: one disease, three epidemics

被引:12
作者
Van den Brande, P
Vanhoenacker, F
Demedts, M
机构
[1] Algemeen Ziekenhuis St Maarten, Dept Pulmonol, Duffel, Belgium
[2] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Univ Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Dept Pulmonol, B-3000 Louvain, Belgium
[3] Algemeen Ziekenhuis St Maarten, Dept Radiol, Duffel, Belgium
[4] Univ Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Dept Radiol, Edegem, Belgium
关键词
tuberculosis; epidemiology; challenges;
D O I
10.1007/s00330-002-1636-3
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Despite the fact that major progress has been made in the development of new strategies for diagnosing and treating tuberculosis, the disease still remains a huge challenge for the world's health care. Numerous causes are responsible for this threat, but many of them cannot be resolved since a lot have cultural and social roots which cannot be changed easily. Furthermore, not all countries in the world have enough financial resources to provide essential support for their educational and therapeutic programs. One of the major challenges for tuberculosis is to deal with the growing and changing epidemic around the world, especially in the "low-income" countries. A new generation of clinicians as well as radiologists should be prepared to consider this "almost forgotten" disease as a new challenge at the beginning of this new millennium.
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页码:1767 / 1770
页数:4
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