title: [1995 status of tuberculosis].
abstract: While the number of active cases of tuberculosis in the USA and in some European countries has increased over the last few years, the incidence in Germany is (as yet) a relatively constant 17.5/100,000 (figure for 1993). For foreign citizens, however, the case rate was considerably higher at 64.9/100,000. Among persons infected with HIV, the prevalence of active tuberculosis is also comparatively low in Germany. Especially in the USA an increase in multi-resistant strains has been observed which led to outbreaks particularly among AIDS-patients. Modern diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities are outlined. Particular importance should be attached to vigorous initial treatment, which is associated with a high success rate (approx. 98%), and which prevents the development of multi-resistance.
authors.affiliation: Institut f. Med. Mikrobiologie und Hygiene der Univ., Köln.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schütt-Gerowitt
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
vernacular_title: Situation der Tuberkulose 1995.