Rinaggio Joseph
Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Room D-860, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Dental School, 110 Bergen Street, Post Office Box 1709, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
Dent Clin North Am. 2003 Jul;47(3):449-65, v. doi: 10.1016/s0011-8532(03)00015-6.
Approximately one-third of the world population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the organism that causes tuberculosis (TB). After a brief resurgence beginning in the mid-1980s, the incidence of TB is once again declining in the United States. Health care workers, including dentists and their staff, however, remain at risk for occupational acquisition of the disease. This risk can be managed by educating dental health care workers about the oral and systemic manifestations of TB and the mechanisms by which it is spread so that appropriate measures may be taken in the office to minimize the opportunity for disease transmission.
全球约三分之一的人口感染了结核分枝杆菌，即导致结核病（TB）的病原体。自20世纪80年代中期出现短暂回升后，美国的结核病发病率再度下降。然而，包括牙医及其工作人员在内的医护人员仍面临职业性感染该疾病的风险。通过对口腔医护人员进行结核病的口腔和全身表现以及传播机制的教育，可以管控这种风险，以便在诊所采取适当措施，尽量减少疾病传播的机会。
