Tuberculosis and the Health Care Worker

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Letters1 June 1994Tuberculosis and the Health Care WorkerKent A. Sepkowitz, MDKent A. Sepkowitz, MDMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-120-11-199406010-00017 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:I am awestruck to find myself in the midst of an argument with Harold Israel, who, with Arthur Myers, alerted the U.S. medical community of the occupational risk associated with caring for patients with tuberculosis. My attempts to reconstruct retrospectively the events in public health during the first part of the century cannot compare with the recollections of someone at the center of the action.However, I disagree with Dr. Israel's implication that there is no real cause for concern. Mortality is only one measure of the effect of tuberculosis. At best, persons with drug-susceptible tuberculosis must receive ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Kent A. Sepkowitz, MDAffiliations: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY 10021 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1994Volume 120, Issue 11Page: 971KeywordsDrug therapyDrugsFearHealth care providersMortalityPrevention, policy, and public healthWine ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 1 June 1994 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1994 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...