The Latest Achievements in Study of Tuberculosis.

Yim, Jae Joon

doi:2011.71.6.395

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 71(6); 2011 > Article

Review Article

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2011;71(6):395-399.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2011.71.6.395 Published online December 1, 2011.

The Latest Achievements in Study of Tuberculosis.

Jae Joon Yim

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yimjj@snu.ac.kr

Abstract

Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. In 2010, there were 8.8 million (range, 8.5~9.2 million) incident cases of TB, 1.1 million deaths from TB among HIV-negative people and an additional 0.35 million deaths from HIV-associated TB. Due to such health-related importance, tuberculosis is one of areas being actively researched. Many numbers of tuberculosis-related papers are being presented each year, and in this review, it summarizes contents of a few papers that had been selected among the papers presented from 2009 to early 2011.

Key Words: Tuberculosis