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A 1997 survey of 35 countries found rates above 2% in about a third of the countries surveyed. The highest rates were in the former USSR, the Baltic states, Argentina, India and China, and was associated with poor or failing national Tuberculosis Control programmes. Likewise, the appearance of high rates of MDR-TB in New York city in the early 1990s was associated with the dismantling of public health programmes by the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] administration.<ref>{{cite journal | author=Frieden TR, Sterling T, Pablos-Mendez A, ''et al.'' | title=The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in New York City | journal=N Engl J Med | year=1993 | volume=328 | issue=8 | pages=521–56 | id=PMID 8381207 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=Laurie Garrett | title=Betrayal of trust: the collapse of global public health | publisher=Hyperion | location=New York | year=2000 | pages=268ff | isbn=0786884407 }}</ref> | |||
MDR-TB can develop in the course of the treatment of fully sensitive TB and this is always the result of patients missing doses or failing to complete a course of treatment. | |||
Thankfully, MDR-TB strains appear to be less fit and less transmissible. It has been known for many years that INH-resistant TB is less virulent in guinea pigs, and the epidemiological evidence is that MDR strains of TB do not dominate naturally. A study in Los Angeles found that only 6% of cases of MDR-TB were clustered. This should not be a cause for complacency: it must be remembered that MDR-TB has a mortality rate comparable to lung cancer. It must also be remembered that people who have weakened immune systems (because of diseases such as HIV or because of drugs) are more susceptible to catching TB. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
A 1997 survey of 35 countries found rates above 2% in about a third of the countries surveyed. The highest rates were in the former USSR, the Baltic states, Argentina, India and China, and was associated with poor or failing national Tuberculosis Control programmes. Likewise, the appearance of high rates of MDR-TB in New York city in the early 1990s was associated with the dismantling of public health programmes by the Reagan administration.[1][2]
MDR-TB can develop in the course of the treatment of fully sensitive TB and this is always the result of patients missing doses or failing to complete a course of treatment.
Thankfully, MDR-TB strains appear to be less fit and less transmissible. It has been known for many years that INH-resistant TB is less virulent in guinea pigs, and the epidemiological evidence is that MDR strains of TB do not dominate naturally. A study in Los Angeles found that only 6% of cases of MDR-TB were clustered. This should not be a cause for complacency: it must be remembered that MDR-TB has a mortality rate comparable to lung cancer. It must also be remembered that people who have weakened immune systems (because of diseases such as HIV or because of drugs) are more susceptible to catching TB.
References
- ↑ Frieden TR, Sterling T, Pablos-Mendez A; et al. (1993). "The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in New York City". N Engl J Med. 328 (8): 521&ndash, 56. PMID 8381207.
- ↑ Laurie Garrett (2000). Betrayal of trust: the collapse of global public health. New York: Hyperion. pp. 268ff. ISBN 0786884407 Check
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