TUBERCULOSE: LOS ANGELES

Ao contrário do que muitos ainda pensam, a tuberculose não está extinta e não é doença exclusiva de países em desenvolvimento ou pobres de todo. 

E, entre outras, uma coisa é certa: ou fazemos todos, globalmente, o que precisa ser feito, ou as cepas resistentes aos antibióticos, fruto via de regra de tratamentos mal conduzidos e políticas públicas desastrosas, se tornarão dominantes. Isto nos remeteria, em termos de pandemia da TB, a meados do século passado, quando não havia medicamentos eficazes contra a bactéria.

FONTE: Texto de Dr. ALEXANDRE MILAGRES - REDE ACT

 

Para saber mais:

 Los Angeles enfrenta surto de tuberculose

Rádio CBN - Saúde em Foco, 25/fev/13
http://cbn.globoradio.globo.com/comentaristas/luis-fernando-correia/2013/02/25/LOS-ANGELES-ENFRENTA-SURTO-DE-TUBERCULOSE.htm

 

California: Tuberculosis Outbreak Among Homeless

NY Times, 22/fev/13

Los Angeles County officials have asked for federal assistance in analyzing and containing an outbreak of tuberculosis among the city’s homeless population. Mabel Aragon, a spokeswoman for the county health department, said on Friday that the agency was still trying to confirm the number and type of cases. The Los Angeles Times reported that health workers had identified about 4,650 people who were probably exposed to the contagious disease on skid row in downtown Los Angeles. The United States had about 10,528 cases of tuberculosis in 2011, and there were 529 deaths from the disease in 2009, according to the latest full year for which statistics were available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/23/us/california-tuberculosis-outbreak-among-homeless.html?smid=fb-share&pagewanted=print