Tuberculosis in the 21st century: A narrative review

Ananda Chapagain; Muhammad Magdi Yaqoob

doi:10.1016/j.nephro.2019.02.007

Tuberculosis in the 21st century: A narrative review

Nephrol Ther. 2019 Apr:15 Suppl 1:S33-S35. doi: 10.1016/j.nephro.2019.02.007.

Authors

Ananda Chapagain¹, Muhammad Magdi Yaqoob²

Affiliations

¹ Barts Health NHS Trust, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, E1 1BB London, UK.
² Barts Health NHS Trust, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, E1 1BB London, UK. Electronic address: m.m.yaqoob@qmul.ac.uk.

PMID: 30981393
DOI: 10.1016/j.nephro.2019.02.007

Abstract

Sadly, despite the discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus over a century ago by Robert Koch, tuberculosis remains a major killer and modern day plague. Progress in the eradication of tuberculosis has been very slow and will require determined efforts on multiple fronts to make substantial inroads to lower the currently stagnant incidence of around 2% globally.

Keywords: Chronic kidney disease; Global epidemic; Koch postulates; Tuberculosis bacillus.