Tuberculosis

Ann Intern Med. 2017 Feb 7;166(3):ITC17-ITC32. doi: 10.7326/AITC201702070.

Abstract

This issue provides a clinical overview of tuberculosis, focusing on screening, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The content of In the Clinic is drawn from the clinical information and education resources of the American College of Physicians (ACP), including MKSAP (Medical Knowledge and Self-Assessment Program). Annals of Internal Medicine editors develop In the Clinic in collaboration with the ACP's Medical Education and Publishing divisions and with the assistance of additional science writers and physician writers.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / adverse effects
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Coinfection
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Risk Factors
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary* / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary* / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary* / prevention & control
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary* / transmission

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents