Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis

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Editorials1 August 1992Multidrug-resistant TuberculosisSamuel W. Dooley, MD, William R. Jarvis, MD, William J. Marione, MD, Dixie E. Snider Jr., MD, MPHSamuel W. Dooley, MD, William R. Jarvis, MD, William J. Marione, MD, Dixie E. Snider Jr., MD, MPHAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-117-3-257 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAs recently as 10 years ago, tuberculosis was rapidly disappearing from the United States. Reported cases of tuberculosis were decreasing an average of almost 6% each year, from over 84 000 cases in 1953 to 22 255 cases in 1984. Beginning in 1985, however, the decades-long decline in tuberculosis cases reversed dramatically, and from 1985 to 1991, an 18.4% increase was noted in reported cases (1) (Centers for Disease Control [CDC]. Unpublished data). One reason for this reversal is reactivation of latent tuberculous infection in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (2, 3).Against this background of the increasing...References1. JerebKellyDooleyCauthenSnider JGSGD. Tuberculosis morbidity in the United States: Final data, 1990. MMWR 1991;40(SS-3):23-7. Google Scholar2. SelwynHartelLewisSchoenbaumVermundKlein PDVESR. A prospective study of the risk of tuberculosis among intravenous drug users with human immunodeficiency virus infection. N Engl J Med. 1989;320:545-50. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. ReiderCauthenComstockSnider HGGD. Epidemiology of tuberculosis in the United States. Epidem Rev. 1989;11:79-98. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. PearsonJerebFriedenCrawfordDavisDooley MJTJBS. Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a risk to patients and health care workers. Ann Intern Med. 1992;117:191-6. LinkGoogle Scholar5. FischlUttamchandaniDaikosPobleteMorenoReyes MRGRJR. An outbreak of tuberculosis caused by multiple-drug-resistant tubercle bacilli among patients with HIV infection. Ann Intern Med. 1992;117:177-83. LinkGoogle Scholar6. YoumansWillistonFeldmanHinshaw GEWC. Increase in resistance of tubercle bacilli to streptomycin. A preliminary report. Mayo Clin Proc. 1946;21:126-7. Google Scholar7. RevesBlakeySniderFarer RDDL. Transmission of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis: report of a school and community outbreak. Am J Epidem. 1981;113:423-35. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Centers for Disease Control. Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis— North Carolina. MMWR. 1987;35:785-7. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. Centers for Disease Control. Outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis—Texas, California, and Pennsylvania. MMWR. 1990;39:369-72. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. NardellMcInnisThomasWeidhaas EBBS. Exogenous reinfection with tuberculosis in a shelter for the homeless. N Engl J Med. 1986;315:1570-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Centers for Disease Control. Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis to health-care workers and HIV-infected patients in an urban hospital—Florida. MMWR. 1990;39:718-22. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. Centers for Disease Control. Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among HIV-infected persons—Florida and New York, 1988-1991. MMWR. 1991;40:585-91. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. EdlinTokarsGriecoCrawfordWilliamsSordillo BJMJJE. Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among AIDS patients: Epidemiologic studies and restriction 1992. fragment length polymorphism analysis. N Engl J Med. 1992;326:1514-21. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar14. Di PerriCrucianiDanziLuzzatiDe ChecchiMalena GMMRGM. Nosocomial epidemic of active tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients. Lancet. 1989;2:1502-4. MedlineGoogle Scholar15. DaleySmallSchecterSchoolnikMcAdamJacobs CPGGRW. An outbreak of tuberculosis with accelerated progression among persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. N Engl J Med. 1992;326:231-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. DooleyVillarinoLawrenceSalinasAmilRullan SMMLSJ. Nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis in a hospital unit for HIV-infected patients. JAMA. 1992;267:2632-4. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. SbarbaroJohnson JS. Tuberculosis chemotherapy for recalcitrant outpatients administered twice-weekly. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1968; 97:895-902. MedlineGoogle Scholar18. McDonaldMemonReichman RAL. Successful supervised ambulatory management of tuberculosis treatment failures. Ann Intern Med. 1982;96:297-302. LinkGoogle Scholar19. DooleyCastroHuttonMullanPolderSnider SKMRJD. Guidelines for preventing the transmission of tuberculosis in health-care settings, with special focus on HIV-related issues. MMWR. 1990;39(No. RR-17):1-29. MedlineGoogle Scholar20. . Treatment of tuberculosis and tuberculosis infection in adults and children. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1986;134:355-63. MedlineGoogle Scholar21. . National action plan to combat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health