Recent trends in tuberculosis, Japan.
Despite a decline after World War II, the rate of tuberculosis in Japan remains high. Infection is heavily concentrated in the > or =60-year age group, and 82% of patients are > or =40 years of age. The success rate for treatment of smear-positive patients is 78%. Multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are rare.
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Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Japan. tmori@jata.or.jp
D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control