Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis AFP

Description: Golden & Vikram Am Fam Physician 2005;72:1761-8.
From 1985 until 1992 there was a resurgence of tuberculosis in the United States that coincided with the epidemic of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Although the U.S. incidence of tuberculosis has since been in decline, this disease remains a major problem for much of the world, with a global prevalence of infection estimated at 32 percent. Thus, the percentage of U.S. cases that occur among foreign-born persons is increasing (53 percent in 2003). Extrapulmonary tuberculosis has become more common since the advent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.