Canada's tuberculosis standards updated


Reflecting renewed worldwide concern about the increasing incidence of tuberculosis, the Lung Association has released the fourth edition of Canadian Tuberculosis Standards. The document includes specific sections on epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission and diagnosis, control problems, the Canadian Tuberculosis Reporting System, management of patients with HIV-related TB and management of outbreaks. Copies are available from provincial lung associations or the Canadian Thoracic Society; for information contact the national office of the Lung Association, 613 747-6776; fax: 613 747-7430.
| CMAJ May 1, 1996 (vol 154, no 9)  /  JAMC le 1er mai 1996 (vol 154, no 9) |

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