Degraw C, Fontaine B, Hebert L J
ALA of Louisiana, New Orleans 70130.
J La State Med Soc. 1992 Aug;144(8):371-3.
Tuberculosis is making a comeback in communities across the nation. Increased rates of the disease, particularly with those having HIV/AIDS, have sounded the alarm that quick and decisive action is needed to halt the spread of TB. Multidrug-resistant TB is becoming a primary concern with public health officials. Specific plans and efforts, instigated by the Centers for Disease Control, have outlined the appropriate steps local public health workers, the medical community, and civic and community organizations should take in order to eliminate TB by the year 2010. With the creation of the Task Force on Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, Louisiana has a vehicle with which to combat its growing TB problem.
结核病正在全美各地的社区卷土重来。该疾病发病率的上升，尤其是在感染艾滋病毒/艾滋病的人群中，已敲响警钟，表明需要迅速采取果断行动来遏制结核病的传播。耐多药结核病正成为公共卫生官员的主要担忧。由疾病控制中心发起的具体计划和努力，已勾勒出地方公共卫生工作者、医学界以及公民和社区组织为在2010年前消除结核病应采取的适当步骤。随着耐药结核病特别工作组的成立，路易斯安那州有了一个应对其日益严重的结核病问题的工具。
