Tapering Off of Tuberculosis among the Elderly.

The article presents information on a study about the incidence of tuberculosis over the centuries in the U.S. Older people dying of tuberculosis has been a serious problem over centuries. One fourth of the people who have died from tuberculosis have been clinically diagnosed. Symptoms of tuberculosis in older people is less apparent which leads progression of the disease. The prolongation of diagnosis process heightens the risk of the disease becoming chronic. Infants, children, and youth can get infected by tubercle bacilli from tuberculosis infected cattle.