Glassroth J
Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
Clin Chest Med. 1989 Sep;10(3):365-74.
Tuberculosis is not only treatable but preventable as well. A number of options exist for reducing the transmission of tubercle bacilli. Practitioners are in a position to intervene directly on behalf of their patients and indirectly by promptly reporting infectious patients to local public health authorities. A considerable body of information supports the use of isoniazid in persons who are infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and who also have readily identifiable characteristics that place them at increased risk for developing tuberculosis.
结核病不仅可以治疗，而且可以预防。有多种方法可减少结核杆菌的传播。从业者既能直接为患者进行干预，也能通过及时向当地公共卫生当局报告传染病患者进行间接干预。大量信息支持对感染结核分枝杆菌且具有易于识别的特征、使其患结核病风险增加的人使用异烟肼。
