Reviews and Notes: Infectious Diseases: Tuberculosis

WN Rom and SM Garay; eds. 1002 pages. Boston: Little, Brown; 1996. $179.95. ISBN 0-316-75574-5. Order phone 800-759-0190.

Worldwide, tuberculosis is the leading cause of death associated with infectious diseases. The incidence of tuberculosis is expected to increase substantially during the next 10 years because of the interaction between tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics. An estimated 1.7 billion persons, one third of the world's population, are currently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Is there a need for another textbook on tuberculosis? Five publications on this topic are listed in Medical and Health Care Books in Print (1995). Rom and Garay's is the most comprehensive, with 1002 pages and …