In the world of the late 20th century, the tragic aura of the disease has paled considerably with the advent of highly effective treatments, and the greatest concern of the medical world lies not so much in the disease itself as in its coupling with AIDS.
身在廿世紀末的現代世界裡，肺結核的悲劇色彩已隨高治癒率大大降低，但醫界咸認其中最大隱憂不在它的本身，而在它與愛滋病的「狼狽為奸」。