Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, US.
University Hospital of Gran Canaria "Dr. Negrin," Las Palmas, ES.
Ann Glob Health. 2019 Jan 22;85(1):5. doi: 10.5334/aogh.2415.
Tuberculosis (TB) presents new challenges as a global public health problem, especially at a time of increasing threats to some particular patients due to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The World Health Assembly strives to reduce TB deaths by 95% and to decrease TB incidence by 95% by 2035. However, new approaches are necessary in order to attain these objectives. Such approaches include active ascertainment of cases in high risk populations, increasing the availability of accurate point-of-care testing, rapid detection of drug resistance, novel vaccines, and new prophylaxis and treatment regimens (particularly for MDR and XDR TB). The ultimate objective of those programs is to develop highly effective drug regimens that can achieve high cure rates regardless of strains' resistance patterns.
结核病(TB)作为一个全球公共卫生问题带来了新的挑战,尤其是在艾滋病毒(HIV)感染以及耐多药(MDR)和广泛耐药(XDR)结核分枝杆菌菌株对某些特定患者构成威胁的情况下。世界卫生大会力争到 2035 年将结核病死亡率降低 95%,发病率降低 95%。然而,为了实现这些目标,需要采取新的方法。这些方法包括在高危人群中积极确定病例,增加准确的即时检测的可获得性,快速检测耐药性,新型疫苗,以及新的预防和治疗方案(特别是针对耐多药和广泛耐药结核病)。这些计划的最终目标是开发出高效的药物方案,无论菌株的耐药模式如何,都能实现高治愈率。