Why global health matters to US primary care physicians. In 1991, New York City was besieged by an outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Before it was over, more than 500 people had died because the isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were resistant to 1 or more of the standard therapeutic “cocktail” of isoniazid, rifampin (rifampicin), streptomycin sulfate, and ethambutol hydrochloride. The direct cost likely exceeded $1 billion; the indirect social costs of fear, anxiety, and isolation were immeasurable. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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