LETTER
Update in Infectious Diseases
Richard I. Frankel, MD, MPH
15 July 1997 | Volume 127 Issue 2 | Page 165
TO THE EDITOR:
In the Update in Infectious Diseases, Bartlett [1] states that "worldwide, about 1.7 billion persons currently have tuberculosis ... ." This statement implies that these persons have clinical tuberculosis. In 1991, Kochi [2] estimated that approximately 1.7 billion persons were infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This Figure reflected the prevalence of tuberculous infection, not tuberculosis itself.
In Table 2, "incidence" is defined as "the number of deaths per epidemic period, unless otherwise noted." I assume that this is a typographical error and that incidence is referring to the number of cases rather than the number of deaths.
In Table 5, the frequency of administration of trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole for prevention of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and toxoplasmosis was not included.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI 96813
1. Bartlett JG. Update in infectious diseases. Ann Intern Med. 1997; 126:48-56.
2. Kochi A. The global tuberculosis situation and the new control strategy of the World Health Organization. Tuberele. 1991; 72:1-6.
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