TB management in the European Union/European Economic Area: a multi-centre survey
| Autor: | Giovanni Sotgiu, Remi Verduin, Gina Gualano, Rosella Centis, Heinke Kunst, Ana Maria Correia, Simon Tiberi, Vija Riekstina, Lia D'Ambrosio, Andra Cirule, Fabrizio Palmieri, B Gadzheva, M J van der Werf, Senia Rosales-Klintz, D Stefanova, Raquel Duarte, G. B. Migliori |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
TB-HIV co-infection Tuberculosis Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis workplace safety Audit Environmental health Tuberculosis Multidrug-Resistant Medicine Infection control media_common.cataloged_instance Humans European Union European union Multi centre media_common Extensively Drug-Resistant TB business.industry extensively drug-resistant TB Original Articles Reference Standards medicine.disease multidrug-resistant TB infection control Integrated care Europe Infectious Diseases Multidrug-Resistant TB business |
| Zdroj: | The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease |
| ISSN: | 1815-7920 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Essential TB care in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) comprises 21 standards for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB that constitute the European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care (ESTC).METHODS: In 2017, we conducted an audit on TB management and infection control measures against the ESTC standards. TB reference centres in five EU/EEA countries were purposely selected to represent the heterogeneous European TB burden and examine geographic variability.RESULTS: Data from 122 patients, diagnosed between 2012 and 2015 with multidrug-resistant TB (n = 49), extensively drug‐resistant TB (XDR‐TB) (n = 11), pre‐XDR‐TB (n = 29) and drug‐susceptible TB (n = 33), showed that TB diagnosis and treatment practices were in general in agreement with the ESTC.CONCLUSION: Overall, TB management and infection control practices were in agreement with the ESTC in the selected EU/EEA reference centres. Areas for improvement include strengthening of integrated care services and further implementation of patient‐centred approaches. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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