TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Tuberculosis
A1  - Gupta, Akash
A1  - Jacobson, Karen R.
A2  - Grippi, Michael A.
A2  - Antin-Ozerkis, Danielle E.
A2  - Dela Cruz, Charles S.
A2  - Kotloff, Robert M.
A2  - Kotton, Camille Nelson
A2  - Pack, Allan I.
PY  - 2023
T2  - Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 6e
AB  - Tuberculosis  (TB)  is  a  severe  and  contagious  disease  caused  by  Mycobacterium  tuberculosis  complex  (MTBC).  Most  often  involving  the  lungs,  TB  is  transmitted  by  cough,  with  an  infectious  dose  of  less  than  10  bacteria.1  Case  fatality  rates  in  untreated  active  pulmonary  TB  approach  nearly  60%.2  Starting  in  the  1940s,  major  medical  advances  brought  effective  treatment  capable  of  curing  the  vast  majority  of  clinical  cases.3,4  TB  continues  to  cause  more  than  a  million  deaths  worldwide  every  year.  The  morbidity  and  mortality  burden  of  TB  is  unevenly  distributed  throughout  the  globe,  disproportionately  affecting  those  living  in  poverty  and  those  from  resource-limited  settings.5  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1195015383
ER  -