Thoracic surgery clinics
-
Thoracic surgery clinics · Feb 2019
ReviewNontuberculous Mycobacteria: Epidemiology and the Impact on Pulmonary and Cardiac Disease.
This article reviews the current epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease and the impact on thoracic disease. The prevalence of nontuberculous pulmonary disease in the United States is much higher than that of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ⋯ Most pulmonary infections in humans are caused by species belonging to M avium complex. This article also reviews risk factors for disease acquisition, including host and environmental risk factors.
-
Tuberculosis (TB) parallels the history of human development from the Stone Age to the present. TB continues to be in the top 10 causes of global human mortality over that period. ⋯ TB remains a major challenge for definitive global prevention and cure. This article gives a brief overview of the history of TB.