Tuberculosis and Pott’s disease, still very relevant health problems

摘要

Due to a resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) globally, the world health organization (WHO) took an unprecedented step in 1993 and declared TB a global emergency [1]. New challenges, such as worsening of the HIV epidemic and rising TB/HIV co-infection, emergence of drug-resistant TB strains, and poor healthcare access of vulnerable populations proved that the efforts taken since 1995 did not suffice for effective TB control. .