Vor fünfzehn Jahren löste eine Epidemie multiresistenter Tuberkulose (MDR-TB) in New York beinahe Panik aus. Nachdem man enorme finanzielle Mittel in das öffentliche Gesundheitswesen gepumpt hatte, wendete sich in den USA das Blatt und das öffentliche Interesse schwand.
But TB treatment has been shadowed by the specter of drug resistance since the dawn of the antibiotic era. Fifteen years ago, an epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in New York City induced near panic, before a massive infusion of funds into the public health infrastructure turned the tide in the United States, and public interest waned.