Epidemiology (TB)
"Epidemiology of Smear-Negative, Culture-Positive Tuberculosis in the US, 1985-1996."
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, June 22nd, 1998
According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the American Thoracic Society, 1998 International Conference, held April 25-29, 1998, in Chicago, Illinois, "Objectives: Characterize cases of sputum smear-negative, culture-positive (sm- cx+) pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) reported in the US, and compare them with smear-negative, culture-negative (sm- cx-) cases. Methods: All cases of pulmonary TB with results of both a smear for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) and a culture for M. tuberculosis from sputum reported to CDC from 1985-1996 were analyzed. Results: Of 182,607 cases reported, 55,078 (30%) were sm-...
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