Tuberculosis Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Current reemergence=== Because of the emergence of [[multidrug-resistant tuberculosis]] (MDR-TB), surgery has been re-introduced for certain cases of TB infections. It involves the removal of infected chest cavities ("bullae") in the lungs to reduce the number of bacteria and to increase exposure of the remaining bacteria to antibiotics in the bloodstream.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lalloo UG, Naidoo R, Ambaram A | s2cid = 24221563 | title = Recent advances in the medical and surgical treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis | journal = Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine | volume = 12 | issue = 3 | pages = 179β85 | date = May 2006 | pmid = 16582672 | doi = 10.1097/01.mcp.0000219266.27439.52 }}</ref> Hopes of eliminating TB ended with the rise of [[Antibiotic resistant|drug-resistant]] strains in the 1980s. The subsequent resurgence of tuberculosis resulted in the declaration of a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title= Frequently asked questions about TB and HIV |url=https://www.who.int/tb/hiv/faq/en/index.html |publisher=World Health Organization (WHO) |access-date= 15 April 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110808115404/http://www.who.int/tb/hiv/faq/en/ |archive-date= 8 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page