title: Management of tuberculosis: altered role of the primary care physician.
abstract: Increasing incidence of tuberculosis is being reported in some areas, even though greater precision in diagnosis and greater reliability in treatment have been achieved within recent years than were previously possible. The Mantoux test is a convenient office procedure that should be done more often. Patients with active tuberculosis can now be treated on an outpatient basis with little morbidity or social or economic disruption.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D010131:Aminosalicylic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003523:Cycloserine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005000:Ethionamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011718:Pyrazinamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D011718:Pyrazinamide; D010131:Aminosalicylic Acid; D004977:Ethambutol; D003523:Cycloserine; D005000:Ethionamide; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin; D013307:Streptomycin