Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Public Health

24 October 2007

journal article
letter
Published by American Medical Association (AMA)

Vol. 298 (16) , 1861-1862
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.298.16.1861-a

Abstract

To the Editor: The Commentary by Dr Markel and colleagues¹ regarding the recent case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in Andrew Speaker raises important points about the balance between public health and civil liberties. Missing, however, is an understanding of the public health risk engendered by his travels, of whether changing quarantine laws reduces this risk, and of how best to control global XDR-TB.

Keywords

RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS
DRUG RESISTANT
LIBERTIES
COMMENTARY
CIVIL
EDITOR
COLLEAGUES1
QUARANTINE
TRAVELS

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Tuberculosis Among Immigrants and Refugees
Archives of internal medicine (1960), 1998
Tuberculosis in New York City — Turning the Tide
New England Journal of Medicine, 1995