The resurgence of tuberculosis and the implications for primary care

Abstract

ProvenanceNot commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.Resources for primary care physicians 1. RCGP elearning on tuberculosis in primary care.

Compounding vulnerabilities: Syndemics and the social determinants of disease in the past

“…Similarly, the discovery of the TB bacillus, the development of antibiotics such as penicillin, recognition of living conditions leading to increased transmission, and possibly slight commensalism through repeated infections resulted in a decline in the incidence of active TB cases around the same period. Since then, both diseases experienced a resurgence, rickets in the 1960s with the arrival and subsequent marginalization of immigrants from former British colonies (Bivins 2014;Zhang et al 2016), and TB in the 1980s with immigration from TB-prevalent countries and the rise of HIV/AIDs (Pealing et al 2013). Despite the reemergence of these conditions, the sociocultural and economic frameworks of these diseases have changed dramatically from the late 19th century, highlighting that the context rather than the presence of disease(s) alone is fundamental to the syndemic concept (Singer et al 2022).…”

Subclinical ankle joint tuberculous arthritis - The role of scintigraphy: A case series

“…Tuberculosis remains a currently public health problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. The resurgence of this disease, which began in the mid-1980s after a period of decreasing incidence, has been influenced by poverty, failures in the treatment system, immigration, and, unsurprisingly, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic[ 1 , 2 ]. Tuberculosis affects not only the lungs but also any other organs in the body, which is known as extrapulmonary tuberculosis, including osteoarticular sites.…”