Vilaplana Cristina
Experimental Tuberculosis Unit (UTE), Fundació Institut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Edifici Laboratoris de Recerca, Can Ruti Campus, Crtra, de Can Ruti, Camí de les Escoles, s/n, 08916, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias. Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5. Pabellón 11. Planta 0. 28029, Madrid, Spain.
Int J Infect Dis. 2017 Mar;56:283-285. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.12.012. Epub 2016 Dec 16.
Letters by notable writers from the past century can provide valuable information on the times in which they lived. In this article, attention is drawn to the lessons learned from three famous writers who died of tuberculosis: Anton Chekhov, Franz Kafka, and Katherine Mansfield. The characteristics of the course of the disease in the pre-antibiotic era and the importance of addressing mental health in the management of tuberculosis are discussed.
