Tuberculosis is still a fairly common infection, ranging from 6 to 24 cases per 100,000 of population in the world, reaching even the level of 232-453 per 100,000 in some African countries [1-3]. And in the developed countries the observed tuberculosis incidence decline is slowing down due to migration processes become more intensive [4].
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